Action Comics #302

(July 1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Amazing Confession of Super-Perry White! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Alice White; Superman robots

Synopsis

To protect Perry White from criminals who are trying to kill him, Superman pretends to be Perry, but things get complicated when Lois learns his "secret identity" and publishes the story, and when Perry gets impatient and starts to pretend that he's Superman.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #53 ([January 1964])
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #11/1967 (3. Juni 1967)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #4 ([November] 2008)

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Curt Swan (logo illustration)

Inks

Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Ronald Tegete, David Godwin, Evelyn Petrivelli, Leroy Barnes, Allen Goldman, Joseph Devine, Pete Runkle, and Richard Rosner.

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

207 Stamps (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at this, Jerry...

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Jerry the Jitterbug

Reprints

• from Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #125 (June 1958)

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Day Super-Horse Went Wild! (Table of Contents: 10)

Supergirl / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks

Jim Mooney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Comet [also appears as Bronco Bill] (origin retold); Lori Lemaris; Jerro; Vostar; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Dick Malverne; Circe (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

After Supergirl and Comet save Lori Lemaris and Jerro from Vostar, an Atlantean criminal scientist, he plots revenge by telepathically commanding Comet to go on a destructive spree through time and space.

Reprints

• 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

Atlantis; circus; Green Kryptonite; Panama Canal; Statue of Liberty; time travel; Washington Monument; White House

Great Masterpieces (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Bebe / 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

Bebe, you made a lot of noise...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Bebe

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

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116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Convoy Terror (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Task Force (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)