Action Comics #311

(April 1964)

The Golden Rule (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Bob Hope

Synopsis:

The Golden Rule is universal.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated April 1967.

Superman, King of Earth! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White

Synopsis:

Red Kryptonite once again splits Clark and Superman into two people, and Superman is an egotistical bully who demands to be elected king of the world, threatening the United Nations with his super-powers. Clark decides to form an anti-Superman underground movement to overthrow his evil duplicate.

Keywords:

Fortress of Solitude; Gold Kryptonite; Green Kryptonite; Kandor; Red Kryptonite; United Nations

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Action Comics #312.
Red Kryptonite previously split Superman and Clark in Action #293; an experiment conducted by Superman in this issue causes the Red K effect to be duplicated, when ordinarily Red K does not affect Superman in the same way twice.
Script added by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)
Author credits from Action Comics #316 lettercolumn, originally listed as Robert Bernstein, corrected by Jim Walker, Jan. 2010

Electrifying Announcement! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale February 29

The Day Super-Horse Became Human! (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Supergirl; Comet the Super-Horse (also as "Bronco Bill" Starr); Clark Kent (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Dick Malverne; Sandy Powers; Jerro; Circe; The Hooded Demon (villain); Malador (cameo flashback)

Synopsis:

On Valentines' Day, Comet watches as Supergirl is showered with affection, and he wishes that he could also express his feelings for her. He appeals to Circe to make him human, but later a complicated series of events makes him change his mind and desire to be a super-horse again.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #390 (March 1970) [title changed to "Supergirl's Cowboy Hero"]
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G69 (March-April 1970)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2008)

Keywords:

Fortress of Solitude; magic; time travel

Indexer Notes

origin of Comet retold

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Ernest A. Sutcliffe Jr.; Carol Ann Lovene; Monica McGowan; Thomas Staniszewski; Billy Monk; E. K. Deen