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Action Comics 353

ACTION COMICS #353

Cover Date: August 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1967-06-29

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Cover Credits:
Art: Wayne Boring


Story: "The Battle of the Gods!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtWayne Boring
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #105)

Guest Star(s):

Prometheus (creates the clay body of Zha-Vam)
Zeus (grants power to Zha-Vam)
Hercules (grants power to Zha-Vam)
Apollo (grants power to Zha-Vam)
Vulcan (grants power to Zha-Vam)
Achilles (grants power to Zha-Vam)
Mercury (grants power to Zha-Vam)
Pluto
Atlas
Neptune (earliest chronological appearance; next in Adventure Comics #255/3)
Oracle of Delphi

Villain(s):

Zha-Vam (also in earliest chronological appearance; preceding issue #351)

Other Character(s):

an unseen alien race helped by Superman (first appearance; voices only)

Cameo Appearance(s):

citizens of Metropolis (seen in a crystal ball)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Latium
Mount Olympus
Metropolis (seen in a crystal ball)
Unidentified Space Sector
two artificial moons orbiting an ice planet (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.


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Second Story: "The Cosmic Collectors!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #199; next in issue #354/2)

Villain(s):

The Living Library (first appearance; Zorkians, an alien species from Zorkia; their brains in nutrient tanks removed from their bodies; at least seven; Leader Brain and Biography Brain named; last chronological appearance in flashback in the next issue)

Other Character(s):

Joe Trent (first appearance; a student under the mental command of the Living Library to gather books for them)
Alice (first appearance; a student; gets a part-time job as a dancer at the Campus Club discotheque)
Betty (first appearance; a student; gets a part-time job as a model at Carnaby Center)
a Stanhope College guidance counselor (first appearance)
three Zorkian androids (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Argo City (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Stanhope College
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Kul (first mentioned)
Zorkia (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place over at least four days.
Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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