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ACTION COMICS #287
Cover Date: April 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-02-27
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
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Credits:
| Story | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (next in Superman Vol. 1 #153)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (next in Superman Vol. 1 #153/3)
- Lois Lane (next in the second story in this issue)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #153/3)
- Krypto
Villain(s):
- Superman Revenge Squad (Rava and Scout 627 named; next in issue #295)
Other Character(s):
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Supergirl (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Pete Ross the 5th (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Lana Lang's descendant (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- the Super-Hypnotist (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Story continues from the previous issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in issue #286; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33)
Guest Star(s):
- Legion of Super-Heroes: (last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next behind the scenes in Superboy Vol. 1 #98/2)
- Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #156)
- Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox; in between Superman Vol. 1 #152 and #156)
- Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #100/2)
- Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next behind the scenes in Superboy Vol. 1 #98/2)
- Duo Damsel (Luornu Durgo; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #156)
- Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next behind the scenes in Superboy Vol. 1 #98/2)
- Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next behind the scenes in Superboy Vol. 1 #98/2)
- Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; last in flashback in Adventure Comics #301/2; next in Adventure Comics #300/2
Supporting Character(s):
- Fred Danvers (last in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
- Edna Danvers (last in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
- Lois Lane (last in first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #153/2)
- Streaky (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #154)
Villain(s):
- Chameleon-Men (first appearance; a hostile alien race)
- Positive Man (first appearance; destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- friends of Linda Danvers (Margie and Ethel named)
- Lon Duryal (first appearance; head scientist at the Android Factory)
- Tree Men of Arbro (first appearance)
- Whizzy (first appearance; a descendant of Streaky)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Superman (pictures and flashbacks)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector(s)
- Arbro (first mentioned)
- an unidentified planet (destroyed)
- Phantom Zone
Story Reprinted in:
- Action Comics #373/5 (March 1969)
- Adventure Comics #496 (February 1983)
- Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
- Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
- Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
- Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)