Action Comics
#284
(January 1962)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30 and copyright registration.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Babe of Steel!
Superman / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Madame Olga; Perry White; Mon-El; Supergirl; Krypto; Superboy (flashback); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Professor Vakox (intro); Jax-Ur; Dr. Xadu (flashback); three unnamed prisoners]
- Synopsis
- Superman uses red kryptonite to become baby-sized in order to get through a hole in the Phantom Zone that threatens to become larger.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #212 (December 1968) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1969 (8. März 1969) - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([June] 2007)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Phantom Zone; Red Kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Note 1: Previous inking credit of Shelly Moldoff changed based on credits from Bob Bailey and others on chat list.
Note 2: Previous issue also contained Superman and Supergirl stories containing Red Kryptonite. (Noted by Bob Bailey)
Note 3: 2nd appearance of Mon-El
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Sonny! Rushing to your violin lesson?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #3 (July-August 1949)
-
[no title indexed]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 208 different world-wide stamps...
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Douglas McNevin, Steve Scott, Roger Payne, E. Nelson Bridwell, Connie Deckert, Alfred Stabile, and David X. Minnow.
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4
[no title indexed]
Tricksy / 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
- Now Tricksy will do a great feat.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tricksy
[no title indexed]
Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- TVQFSHJSM XJMM QPTJUJWFMZ...
Indexer Notes
Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Mercury No. 1). Decoded message reads: "Supergirl will positively be revealed to the world in the next Action Comics."
The Strange Bodies of Supergirl!
Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Krypto; Jerro; Lenora Lemaris; Lori Lemaris; Superman; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers
- Synopsis
- Supergirl deals with the effects of three Red Kryptonite meteors, the last of which turns her into a mermaid. She visits Atlantis, where Jerro proposes to her, but neither of them realizes that Lori's sister Lenora is also in love with Jerro.
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March-April 1968) [4 pages only]
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 (2003 [February 2004])
- in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2 (2008 [February 2009])
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Atlantis; Green Kryptonite; Red Kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Story continued from Action Comics #283.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman; Adventure Comics; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Another Giant Batman Collection!
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Stan Kaye; Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin
Indexer Notes
house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Babe of Steel!
Superman -
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
The Babe of Steel!
Superman -
3.
["Hello, Sonny! Rushing to your violin lesson?"]
Casey the Cop -
4.
["208 different world-wide stamps..."]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps -
5.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
6.
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!
Superman -
7.
["Now Tricksy will do a great feat."]
Tricksy -
8.
["TVQFSHJSM XJMM QPTJUJWFMZ..."]
Supermen of America -
9.
The Strange Bodies of Supergirl!
Supergirl -
10.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman; Adventure Comics; Superboy -
11.
Another Giant Batman Collection!
Batman -
12.
["Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
13.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
14.
["How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!"]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
["Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B gun"]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bob Bailey
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walker
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