Action Comics #252

(May 1959)

The Menace of Metallo! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

Robert Bernstein

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (unnamed)

Synopsis:

Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.

Reprints:

• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960 [January 1961]) [page 8, panel 6 through page 9, panel 2 cut]
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G60 (June-July 1969)
• in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #15/1969 ([november] 1969)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (July 2000)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)

[Tootsie Roll ad] (Table of Contents)

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[Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park] (Table of Contents)

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Content Information

Characters:

Superman; Emmett Kelly

["Goodbye, Mrs. Ellis"] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

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Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

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Content Information

Genre:

Gag

Coming Super-Attractions (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Promoting the May Adventure Comics and the June issues of Jimmy Olsen and Superboy.

Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! (Table of Contents)

Congorilla / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero; jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy

Synopsis:

While leading an expedition through the desert, Congo Bill stops at an apparently deserted oasis. But the water has been drugged, and the expedition passes out. When they awaken they find they are prisoners inside a nearby outpost that has been taken over by renegades. Bill, who is imprisoned separately from the others, rubs his magic ring and soon Congorilla is attacking the fort and freeing the expedition.

Reprints:

• in DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (July 2000)

[Tootsie Roll Pops ad] (Table of Contents)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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The Supergirl from Krypton! (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

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Al Plastino

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction, flashback); Miss Hart (introduction); Superboy (on a poster)

Synopsis:

Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.

Reprints:

• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([August] 1960)
• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G20 (March 1966)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1966 (Dezember 1966)
which is reprinted
• in Wundergirl (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #7/1981 (1981)
• in Superserien spesialnummer (Se-Bladene, 1967 series) #[nn] ([1967])
• in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973)
• in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 (Fall 1979)
• in The Great Superman Comic Book Collection (DC, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #[nn] (1983)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998) [as reprinted in Superman Annual #1]
• in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (July 2000)
• in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)

Indexer Notes

This story was not reprinted in Action Comics 288 or 314. Information removed thanks to Allen Ross, 10/05.

[Tootsie Roll Fudge ad] (Table of Contents)

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