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Action Comics 371

ACTION COMICS #371

Cover Date: January 1969
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1968-11-21

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Neal Adams


Story: "The President of Steel!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJack Abel
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (suffering from amnesia after being struck by the rays of an alien computer, mistakenly believes he is secretly the President; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #119/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #119/2)

Villain(s):

Agent Zero-Zero (an foreign spy; takes the identity of Clark Kent; first appearance)
an unidentified spy working with Agent Zero-Zero (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

the President of the United States

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washignton, DC
The White House

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Solicitation:

When Clark Kent is struck with amnesia, he mistakenly deduces that he is actually the president of the United States!


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Second Story: "The Supergirl Best-Seller!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringBen Oda
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #117; next in Adventure Comics #375; also in flashback to childhood in Argo City)

Villain(s):

Racton the Collector (a villain from the 7th Dimension; first appearance; in flashback)
"Getaway" Gillen (first appearance)
his accomplice (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Hilda Powell (the Stanhope librarian; first appearance; finds a book from the future revealing Supergirl's history)
students at Stanhope College
Morina (a childhood friend of Kara Zor-El's; in flashback; dies)
Citizens of Argo City (in flashback)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Batman (as a parade balloon)
Flash (as a parade balloon)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; as a parade balloon)
Superman (as a parade balloon)
an Atlantean (a Tritonian; in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Stanhope College
Metropolis
Midland City
Unidentified Space Sector
Argo City (in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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