Action Comics
#298
(March 1963)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-01-31
- 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 copyright registration.
© 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
© 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!
Supergirl / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor
- Reprints
-
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)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- statues; Superman Museum; Superman statue
Clark Kent, Coward!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Queen Lura; Prince Yikar; Lana Lang; Professor Lang
- Synopsis
- A hot air balloon accident in the mountains strands Clark, Lois, and Jimmy in the hidden city of Mystri-Lor, where the queen decides she wants Clark as a husband.
- Reprints
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #278 (August 1974)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude
[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
- Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Lewis Zimmerman, Paul Martin, David Griese, Alan Hanson, Alicia Ann O'Connor, Joe Shaw, Gloria S. Findley, and Stephen Silvia.
[no title indexed]
Peg / 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
- Dad, when my date comes will you let him in?
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Peg; Peg's father; Alan
The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Lex Luthor; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo)]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman Robots; Lori Lemaris (cameo); Lena Thorul; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Kru-El; General Zod; Jax-Ur]
- Synopsis
- Luthor teams up with the escaped Phantom Zone villains, who give him super-powers, but they eventually turn on him and try to expose him, Supergirl, and Superman to Gold Kryptonite. In the end, Luthor helps to defeat the villains and then surrenders so that Superman can save his sister Lena from being trapped in Kandor.
- Reprints
- in Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-24 (May-June 1971)
-
in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #9/1972 (22. April 1972) - 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) #2 ([October] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Gold Kryptonite; Kandor; Phantom Zone; Superman Museum
Indexer Notes
story continued from previous issue
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!
Supergirl -
1.
["Fill the gaps in your family's education..."]
Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia -
2.
Clark Kent, Coward!
Superman -
3.
Missle Attack!
Missile Attack -
4.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
5.
["Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time"]
National Radio Institute Home Study Course -
6.
["Dad, when my date comes will you let him in?"]
Peg -
7.
["Coming... super-attractions!"]
-
8.
The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!
Supergirl -
9.
Safety First -- All Year!
-
10.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
11.
147 Famous Automobiles
147 Famous Automobiles -
12.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
13.
["Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
14.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
American Seeds
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- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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