Action Comics #260

(January 1960)

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

Mighty Maid! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder ? (see Notes); Jerry Siegel ? (see Notes)

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Supergirl [Linda Lee] [as Mighty Maid]; Lois Lane; Perry White

Synopsis

To foil an alien race bent on destroying Earth, Superman has Supergirl become Mighty Maid and then they fake Superman marrying Mighty Maid and leaving Earth.

Reprints

• in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
• in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)

Keywords

Rock of Gibraltar; Sphinx; Taj Mahal

Indexer Notes

Credits from the Archives reprint. However, researcher Lee Semmens notes that this story is not listed in Binder's detailed list of his Action Superman stories, as given in Alter Ego #147, p.82, whereas the second, Supergirl, story for this issue is. He believes it is far more likely it was written by Jerry Siegel, as it reads like one of his stories and includes the exclamation "awp!" on page 2, panel 6, which is unique to Siegel among all the Superman "family" writers of this period.

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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd like a job!

Genre

humor

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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Girl Superbaby! (Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Julu the Elder; Mojax; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis

While trying to help an old man, Supergirl is exposed to the Fountain of Youth and becomes a baby. As a baby, she helps the police capture two jewel thieves.

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #212 (December 1968)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #7/1969 (5. April 1969)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1972 ([januar ?] 1972)
• 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

Fountain of Youth; kryptonite

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Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brian Cutler, Roger Gohsman, Roz Z, Shirley Keesee, Mary Kennedy, Horace Miller, David Krieger, George Randall, and Tom Aravich.

The Gladiator of the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 9)

Congorilla / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu; Professor Dalton; Anita Dalton; Doctor West; Ivan Nargus

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

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bob's Christmas Gift! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)