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Action Comics 332

ACTION COMICS #332

Cover Date: January 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1965-11-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtAl Plastino
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #43)

Supporting Character(s):

Ardora (in between issues #319 and #335)
Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #91/2)
Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #155)

Villain(s):

Brainiac (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87; next in issue #335)
Lex Luthor (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87; also in flashback in between issues #317/2 and #318)
Luthor's henchmen (also in flashback)
Legion of Super-Villains
Cosmic King (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87; next in Adventure Comics #354)
Lightning Lord (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87; next in Adventure Comics #354)
Saturn Queen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87; next in Adventure Comics #354)
an unidentified gang of smugglers (first appearance of all; likely killed by Luthor)
a would-be assassin (first appearance; likely killed by Luthor)

Other Character(s):

President Lyndon Johnson
guards at the Interplanetary Space Prison
Lexorians
Atlanteans (Tritonians; in flashback; all die)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washington, DC
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Interplanetary Space Prison
Lexor

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.


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Second Story: "How Superwoman Trained Superboy!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superwoman (Kara Zor-El / Carole Zorelle; first appearance; escapes Krypton's destruction, becoming Supergirl and then Superwoman; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Superboy (Kal-El / Cal Eliis; first appearance)
Alura Zor-El (first appearance; escapes Krypton's destruction, takes Earth name Mrs. Zorelle; later loses powers due to gold kryptonite, dies years later)
Zor-El (Mr. Zorelle; first appearance; escapes Krypton's destruction, takes the Earth name Mr. Zorelle; later loses powers due to gold kryptonite, dies years later)
Jor-El (first appearance; dies)
Lara-El (first appearance; dies)

Villain(s):

The Invisibles (an alien race from a dimension bordering Krypton)

Other Character(s):

Lex Luthor (first appearance)
Dick Wilson (first appearance)
Jimmy Olsen (first appearance)
citizens of Smallville and Metropolis
Kryptonians

Location(s):

Earth-332 (first appearance; see Comments)
Fortress of Solitude
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
Metropolis
Metropolis Detective Agency
Smallville
Krypton of the Universe containing Earth-332 (first appearance; destroyed)
Argo City
Kryptonopolis

Comment(s):

This is an "Imaginary" Story, involving Supergirl reaching Earth before Superman. It was retroactively said to have occurred on "Earth-332" which was identified in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005)
This story continues in the second story next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)

Solicitation:

The story of what would have happened if Supergirl had reached Earth before Superman!


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