Action Comics #264

(May 1960)

What's Wrong with These Pictures? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Synopsis

Five ways not to behave are depicted.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1965.

The Superman Bizarro! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane: Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; Clark Kent robot

Synopsis

Captured by the Bizarros on Bizarro World, Superman is sentenced to be turned into a Bizarro himself. He dreams what it would be like if the sentence was carried out.

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #298 (5 de julio de 1961)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
• in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)

Keywords

Bizarro World; dream; Fortress of Solitude

Indexer Notes

Continued from last issue. Superman turns Bizarro World into a cube.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Watch out, Ollie, don't walk under the ladder!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ollie

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #298 (5 de julio de 1961)
• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #1021 (5 de abril de 1980) [Título original: ["Watch out, Ollie, Don't Walk Under the Ladder!"]

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Wayne Boring (logo illustration)

Inks

Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Estelle Kirsh; Glenn Burkett; Carol Westlund; Charles Redding; Bruce Schleiden; Peter Litwack; Wayne Corn; Danny Murphy; James King; Barbara Gaddy; Barry Keffler; David Riggs; B. L. S.; Bruno Sinigaglio; Kent Maxwell; Eric Beller; M. Werber; Ed Smythe

Supergirl Gets Adopted! (Table of Contents: 7)

Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Mr. Wilkins; Mrs. Wilkins; Miss Hart

Synopsis

Linda has to scheme to prevent herself from being adopted to protect her secret identity. She spends 30 days with the Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins is a policeman.

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #298 (5 de julio de 1961)
• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March-April 1967)
which is reprinted
• in Giant Supergirl Album (K. G. Murray, 1970 series) #4 ([March 1973])
• 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)

Indexer Notes

Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 credits writer to Otto Binder.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Vic. I understand you're in the school band

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Varsity Vic

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #298 (5 de julio de 1961)

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

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My, my, look at all those books...

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Eureka

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #90 (March 1955)
• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #298 (5 de julio de 1961)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)