Action Comics
#259
(December 1959)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-10-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #41 and copyright registration.
The Revenge of Luthor!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Lex Luthor
- Reprints
-
in Action Comics (Atlas Publications, 1960 series) #2 -
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995), (1995)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)
-
The Revenge of Luthor!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Luthor; Lana Lang; Lois Lane; Perry White; "Flashy" Burke
- Synopsis
- Exposure to Red Kryptonite seemingly causes Superman and Superboy to exist simultaneously. Luthor takes advantage by trapping Superboy and forcing Superman to choose between Lois and Lana.
- Reprints
- in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #1 (August 1964)
-
in Super DC Bumper Book (Thorpe & Porter, 1970 series) (1970) - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- Red Kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just what I've been looking for!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty
Coming Super-Attractions
Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
The One-Ape Circus!
Congorilla / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- jungle; superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy; Nell Saxon
- Synopsis
- Congorilla is captured by Nell Saxon and forced to perform in her circus.
- Reprints
- in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #150 (June 1965)
-
in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #5 ([September 1965]) -
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #30 (octobre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Thomas McGeehan; Lloyd Stuart Meisels; Lester Upchase; Joseph Keegan; James Rice; Eric Ziegler; Don Lawrence; Chris Powell; Larry Keller
The Cave-Girl of Steel!
Supergirl / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lee]; Superman (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Supergirl visits the stone age so that she can practice using her powers openly.
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966)
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
- in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Brontosaurus; cavemen; Pterodactyl; time travel; Tyrannosaurus Rex
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Revenge of Luthor!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider -
2.
The Revenge of Luthor!
Superman -
3.
["Just what I've been looking for!"]
Shorty -
4.
Coming Super-Attractions
Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics -
5.
The One-Ape Circus!
Congorilla -
6.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
7.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
8.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
9.
The Cave-Girl of Steel!
Supergirl -
10.
[no title indexed]
Flying Jet -
11.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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