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Action Comics 306

ACTION COMICS #306

Cover Date: November 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-09-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Great Superman Impersonation!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein (?)
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #23; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #45/3; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #45/3; next in World's Finest Comics #137)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #45/3; next in World's Finest Comics #137)

Villain(s):

General Pedro Valdez (first appearance; chief of El Salmado's secret police)
Carl (first appearance; an American gangster and ally of Valdez)
Dolores Perlo (first appearance; an actress, poses as Lois Lane)

Other Character(s):

President Moro (first appearance; leader of El Salmado)
Manuel Baeza (first appearance; a Superman lookalike from El Salmado)

Location(s):

El Salmado (first appearance; a Latin American country)
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)


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Second Story: "The Maid of Doom!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Adventure Comics #313; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73)

Supporting Character(s):

Edna Danvers (in between issues #305/2 and #307/2)
Dick Malverne (in between issues #304/2 and #308/2)

Villain(s):

Plasmos (first appearance; an alien race; also called Mutorians)
Sklor (also poses as Superman, Krypto, Streaky, Comet and Mister Mxyzptlk)
Trac
Bokk

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #137)
Comet (last in Adventure Comics #313; next in issue #307/2)
Krypto (last in Adventure Comics #313; next in ???)
Streaky (last in Adventure Comics #313; next in issue #309)

Other Character(s):

Shadow People of Erg (first appearance; an alien race)
metallic mole creatures (first appearance of all)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (as a disguise for Sklor)
Brainiac 5 (in flashback)
Mon-El (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Arctic Circle
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
United States of America
Midvale
New York, NY
United Nations
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Erg (first appearance)
Mole World (first appearance)
Mutor (first appearance)
Rongo (first mentioned)

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #398 (October 1970)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)


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