Action Comics #254

(July 1959)

The Battle with Bizarro! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro (intro as Adult Bizarro); Lex Luthor (villain); Vekko; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Green Kryptonite

Synopsis:

Luthor steals Professor Dalton's duplicating machine and creates an adult Bizarro to menace Superman, but this Bizarro turns on its creator, hands him over to the authorities, and attempts to help Superman. When the people he has helped react in horror to him, Bizarro gets depressed. He misinterprets Lois' sympathy to his plight for true affection and takes her to a remote island. But when she rejects him, he turns the duplicator ray on himself and creates a handsome bizarro duplicate, whom Lois mistakes for the real Superman.

Reprints:

• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)

Indexer Notes

1st Bizarro appeared in Superboy 68

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ollie / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

Gag

Congorilla Goes Wild! (Table of Contents)

Congorilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero; jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Congorilla; an unnamed thief (villain)

Synopsis:

A thief steals Congo Bill's ring and uses it to switch minds with Congorilla.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Janie / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

Gag

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Varsity Vic / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

Gag

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Supergirl's Foster Parents! (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Supergirl; Miss Hart; Mr. Dale (villain); Mrs. Dale (villain)

Reprints:

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #147 ([October 1959])
• in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)