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Action Comics 288

ACTION COMICS #288

Cover Date: May 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-03-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Man Who Exposed Superman" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #11; next in World's Finest Comics #125; in flashbacks as Superboy in between Superboy Vol. 1 #96 and Adventure Comics #296; and in flashback as Superbaby, in between flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #77/2 and Superman Vol. 1 #152/2)

supporting_characters =

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #61)
Lana Lang (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33 and #35; also in flashback in between Superboy Vol. 1 #96 and Adventure Comics #297)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #61)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #61)
Krypto (next in Superman Vol. 1 #154)
Jonathan Kent (in flashback in between Superboy Vol. 1 #96 and Adventure Comics #296)

Villain(s):

Hal Colby (first appearance; an ex-convict; poses as Bert Hutton, a TV producer in an attempt to prove Clark Kent is Superman)
a Crime Syndicate

Other Character(s):

Mr. Norsted (first appearance; a history teacher; also in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Smallville (also in flashbacks)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)


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Second Story: "The Man Who Made Supergirl Cry!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33; next in issue #289/2; also in flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Fred Danvers
Edna Danvers

Villain(s):

Phantom Zone Prisoners
Jax-Ur (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #62)
Professor Vakox (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #62)
an unidentified prisoner
two criminals in a helicopter (first appearance of both; Rocky named)
an escaped prisoner (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Mon-El (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #62)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton
Argo City (in a dream / flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Midvale
Phantom Zone

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)


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