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Action Comics 298

ACTION COMICS #298

Cover Date: March 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-01-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "Clark Kent, Coward!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #18; next in second story this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #67/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #160)
Lana Lang (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #67/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #40/3)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #67/3; next in World's Finest Comics #132)

Villain(s):

Prince Yikar (first appearance; seeks to overthrow Queen Lura)

Other Character(s):

Queen Lura (first appearance; monarch of Mystri-Lor)
citizens of Mystri-Lor (first appearance)
Lewis Lang (last in Superman: The Secret Years #1; next in issue #308)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
somewhere in a desert location
Mystri-Lor (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #278/6 (August 1974)
Showcase Presents Superman #4 (September 2008)


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Second Story: "The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (next in Adventure Comics #304/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (next in World's Finest Comics #132)
Legion of Super-Heroes (in between Adventure Comics #303/2 and #304/2)
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn)
Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen)

Supporting Character(s):

Lena Thorul (next in issue #300/2)
Lori Lemaris (next in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #179/2)
Phantom Zone Prisoners
General Zod (next in issue #304/2)
Jax-Ur (next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #179/2)
Kru-El (next in issue #309/2)

Location(s):

Unidentified Space Sector(s):
Asteroid X (in flashback)
Porcupine Planet (in flashback)
Space Sector 2813:
Krypton (mentioned)
Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Metropolis
Superman Museum
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Phantom Zone

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-24 (May-June 1971)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)


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