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Action Comics 305

ACTION COMICS #305

Cover Date: October 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-08-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #165)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #165)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #165

Villain(s):

"Benny the Blaster" (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)


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Second Story: "The Girl Who Hated Supergirl!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #304/2; next in Adventure Comics #313)

Supporting Character(s):

Edna Danvers (in between issues #304/2 and #306/2)
Dick Malverne (in between issues #304/2 and #306/2)

Villain(s):

a space-bat (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Midvale
Karen Blair (first appearance; hates Supergirl as she incorrectly blames her for the death of her father and the injury of her brother)
Karen Blair's father (first appearance; an astronomer; in flashback; dies)
Karen Blair's mother (first appearance)
Bill Blair (first appearance; Karen's brother; injured in flashback)
citizens of Daxnar III (first appearance; in flashback)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman (in flashback)
Alura Zor-El (in flashback)
Zor-El (in flashback)
citizens of Argo City (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton: (in flashback)
Argo City (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth:
Fortress of Solitude
Midvale
Unidentified Space Sector
Daxnar III (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Supergirl's arrival on Earth is given as May 18, 1959 and takes place on the anniversary as well as a few days later.

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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