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Action Comics 278

ACTION COMICS #278

Cover Date: July 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-05-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super Powers of Perry White!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #54/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #147)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #277/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #150)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #54/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #147)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #147)
Perry White (temporarily gains super powers and is controlled by Xasnu, a plant intelligence from the planet Zelm; in between Superman Vol. 1 #146 and #147)

Villain(s):

Xasnu (first appearance; an alien plant intelligence; dies; killed by exposure to white kryptonite)
Y'trom (first appearance; an alien plant intelligence)
another unidentified alien (first appearance; an alien plant intelligence)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Erezan (first mentioned)
Zelm (first appearance; on a monitor screen)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #227 (June-July 1970)
Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)


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Second Story: "The Unknown Supergirl!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #284 and #279/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #9; next in issue #279/2)
Krypto (in between issues #284 and #281/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jerro (in between issues #276/2 and #284/2)
Lori Lemaris (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31/2; next in issue #284/2)

Villain(s):

Tough Tommy and his gang (first appearance of all)
smugglers (first appearance of all)
escaped convicts (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

a Linda Lee robot

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Atlantis (Tritonis)
Metropolis
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #360 (March-April 1968)
Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 (2017)


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