Action Comics #252

(May 1959)

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Menace of Metallo! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

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Letters

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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 ([Winter] 1960) [page 8, panel 6 through page 9, panel 2 cut]
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969)
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #15/1969 ([november] 1969)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) ([April] 1992)
• in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) (July 2000)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #2 ([April] 2006)

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Goodbye, Mrs. Ellis...

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #93 (November 1954)

Coming Super-Attractions (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! (Table of Contents: 7)

Congorilla / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero; adventure

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) ([April] 1992)
• in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) (July 2000)

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

The Supergirl from Krypton! (Table of Contents: 10)

Supergirl / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

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 Albi del Falco (Mondadori, 1954 series) #205 (20 Marzo 1960)
• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([Summer] 1960)
• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (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 (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) ([1967])
• in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973)
• in DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) #19 - Secret Origins of Super-Heroes (Fall 1979 (November 1979))
• in The Great Superman Comic Book Collection (DC, 1981 series) (1981)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 (DC, 1992 series) ([April] 1992)
• in Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) ([October] 1998) [as reprinted in Superman Annual #1]
• in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252 (DC, 2000 series) (July 2000)
• in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([November] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Superman Mannen av stål [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([desember] 2005) [2. translation]
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #23 - Superman / Batman - Supergirl
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
• in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)