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ACTION COMICS #303

Cover Date: August 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-06-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Story: "The Monster from Krypton" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (temporarily turned into a Drang by the effects of red kryptonite; last in Justice League of America #22; next in Superman Vol. 1 #164; also in flashback as baby Kal-El; last/next in ???)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #302/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #43/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #71)

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #43/3; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #71)

Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #43/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #71)

Jor-El (in flashback; last in flashback in New Adventures of Superboy #28; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #173/2, [Page 1, panels 2-3])

Lara Jor-El (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Superman Emergency Squad (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Drang (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Ace (first appearance; a Daily Planet helicopter pilot)

citizens of Metropolis

United States military forces

Science Council of Krypton (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude

The Bottle City of Kandor

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #420 (June 1972)

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)

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

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Second Story: "Supergirl's Big Brother!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #304/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Edna Danvers (last/next in ???)

Fred Danvers (in between issue #302/2 and #304/2)

Jerro (in between issue #302/2 and #307/2)

Lori Lemaris (last in issue #302/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44)

Villain(s):

Biff Rigger (first appearance; also in flashback; a look-alike friend of Jan Danvers in the Korean War, years later poses as Jan to claim inheritance money and learning of Supergirl's dual identity, to blackmail her; sacrifices his life to save her, asks that his identity not be revealed)

two diamond smugglers (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Jan Danvers (first appearance; the son of Fred and Edna Danvers; in flashback; dies)

Location(s):

Midvale

Metropolis

Chu-Li Island (off the coast of Korea)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #175/2 (February-March 1976)

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

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

Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)

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