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Action Comics 275

ACTION COMICS #275

Cover Date: April 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-02-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Menace of Red-Green Kryptonite!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (bombarded with Red-Green Kryptonite energy by Brainiac and temporarily develops a third eye in the back of his head; last in Justice League of America #4; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #145)

Villain(s):

Brainiac (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17/2; next in issue #280)
Buzz Windrow (first appearance; a wanted killer)

Other Character(s):

The King and Queen of Ruritania (first appearance for both)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman (New American Library #D2966 (May 1966)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Second Story: "Ma and Pa Kent Adopt Supergirl!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #276)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #145)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jonathan Kent (in Supergirl's dream)
Martha Kent (in Supergirl's dream)
Jor-El (in Supergirl's dream)
Lara Jor-El (in Supergirl's dream)
Lex Luthor (in Supergirl's dream)
Bob Benson (a boy in Supergirl's dream)
Squawky (a Super-Parrot from Krypton; in Supergirl's dream)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in Supergirl's dream)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Smallville (in Supergirl's dream)

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #1 (August 1964)
Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (2017)


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