Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #285

Cover Date: February 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1961-12-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: [Part 1]: "The World's Greatest Heroine!" (24 Pages) Part 2: "The Infinite Monster!"

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (also in flashbacks; existence revealed to the world; next in issue #286/2)

Superman (next in Adventure Comics #293/2)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes: (team in between Adventure Comics #290 and #293)

Brainiac 5 (last in flashback in Adventure Comics #323; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)

Cosmic Boy (in between Adventure Comics #290 and #293)

Lightning Lad (in between Adventure Comics #290 and #293)

Saturn Girl (in between Adventure Comics #290 and #293)

Supporting Character(s):

Edna Danvers (in between issues #284/2 and #286/2)

Fred Danvers (in between issues #284/2 and #286/2)

Dick Malverne (in between issues #283/2 and #286/2)

Jerro (in between issues #284/2 and #286/2)

Lori Lemaris (in between issues #284/2 and #286/2)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in issue #282/2; next in Adventure Comics #293/2)

Other Character(s):

President John F. Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lenora Lemaris (last in issue #284/2; last appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Zor-El (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton (in flashback)

Argo City (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Atlantis

Fortress of Solitude

The Bottle City of Kandor

Metropolis

Midvale

New York, NY

UN Building

Washington, DC

the White House

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Lonar (first appearance; in flashback)

Mringa (first appearance)

Nyorp (first appearance)

an unidentified alien world

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual Vol. 1 #6 (Winter 1962-1963) [page 8 only, with new caption]

Action Comics #334/8 (March 1966) [one page excerpt],

Action Comics #360 (March-April 1968)

Superman Vol. 1 #217 (June-July 1969) [one page excerpt]

Best of DC #17 (October 1981)

Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)

Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (2018)

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