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Action Comics 302

ACTION COMICS #302

Cover Date: July 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-05-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Amazing Confession of Super-Perry White" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #179/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #163)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #179/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #163)
Lana Lang (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #70/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #43/3)
Lois Lane (last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #179/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #163)
Perry White (last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #179/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #163/2)
Alice White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #27/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #100)

Villain(s):

three swindlers behind fraudulent stocks (first appearance of all; attempting to kill Perry White as revenge for a story her wrote)
a robber (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
Superman Robots

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)


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Second Story: "The Day Super-Horse Went Wild!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #70/3; next in issue #303; also in flashback)

Guest Star(s):

Comet (also as a human at times as "Bronco Bill;' last in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3; next in issue #304/2; also in flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Dick Malverne (in between issues #297/2 and #304/2)
Edna Danvers (in between issues #300/2 and #303/2)
Fred Danvers (in between issues #300/2 and #303/2)
Jerro (in between issues #297/2 and #303/2)
Lori Lemaris (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #70/3; next in issue #303/2)

Villain(s):

Vostar (first appearance; an Atlantean biologist, charged with performing forbidden experiments; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73; also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Finney (first appearance; co-owner of the Sea-Circus)
Gorbin (first appearance; co-owner of the Sea-Circus)
Professor Mysto (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Circe (in flashback)
Lex Luthor (in a photograph)
Atlanteans (Tritonians; in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Atlantis (Tritonis)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)


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