Action Comics #338

(June 1966)

Dynamite's Coming! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Kubert

Inks

Joe Kubert

Letters

?

Genre

war

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #169, on sale May 3

Muto -- Monarch of Menace! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hopping heroes! What kind of Superman story is this?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Muto (first full appearance, origin); Superman [Klar Ken T5477]; Lyra 3916; Jay L-3388 (previously named Jay Senohl); PW-5598 (computer editor, designed by Perry White's descendant Per Wye T7357); Yann (of the underground people of Waru); Thargo (from a race with its own living radar sense); Von-Don (from Blax, a world without color); three android children; Superman [Clark Kent] (of 1960s, in video); Lex Luthor (of 1960s, in video); Lois Lane (of 1960s, in video); Superman the 4th (Dave Kent, in flashback, identity exposed when Dave saved a suburban jet-train); Superman the 5th (in video); Vyldan (in video, Superman the 5th's arch-foe); Superman the 7th (Kanton K-73, in flashback, identity revealed by his own toddler son); the future Superman the 8th (as a toddler, in flashback); father of Superman of 2966 (in flashback)

Synopsis

Superman's father was responsible for Muto being born a freak, which is why Muto wants vengeance of the whole Superman line. In the year 2966, Superman tracks Muto to Sector Z-44, where the villain springs a series of traps on the hero, finally luring him into saving a trio of android children in the path of a wave of paralyzing toxic sea water.

Reprints

• in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #4/1967 ([april] 1967)
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #247 (January 1972)
• in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #61 (janvier 1974)
• in Superman: Past and Future (DC, 2008 series) (2008 [February 2009])

Keywords

2966; Daily Interplanetary News; Federation of Planets; Future Superman; green kryptonite; maze; Planetary Federation; Sector Z-44; the Weapons World; ultra-news

Indexer Notes

Future Superman series continues from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #181; series continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339.

Story references the "Federation of Planets" before the debut of Star Trek. Though not a "United Federation of Planets".

This story states that the chemical fallout left by a past atomic war settled in the seas of EVERY planet. This nonsensical explanation allows the writers to use this weakness in any adventure no matter where it takes place.

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents: 3)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

?

Genre

advocacy

Characters

an old sea captain; two boys

Synopsis

After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.
A list by Lionel English also gives the penciller and inker as "Morris Waldinger" in one of the issues this PSA appears in. Creator credits from a list by Lionel English. Other information on the sequence from Donald Dale Milne.

A Super-Scoop! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-23], on sale April 14

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

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

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Bill Sofsak Jr.; Peter Tartsch; Dave Olsen; Ralph D. Ecoff III; Greg Kent.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1965
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 525,254
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 542,003
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Williams ?

Pencils

Bill Williams (signed)

Inks

Bill Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Rocket J. Squirrel; Bullwinkle Moose

Synopsis

Skateboarding Bullwinkle gets Go-Power from Cheerios but crashes his board into a fire hydrant.

Keywords

cereal; skateboarding

Indexer Notes

One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.

The Villain Who Married Supergirl! (Table of Contents: 8)

Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you enjoy being the bride of Raspor, Supergirl?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl; Raspor; Viperie

Synopsis

Interplanetary villain Raspor, who claims to have been responsible for the destruction of Krypton, believes that he is fated to marry Supergirl, but she comes up with an elaborate plan to defeat him which includes a fake marriage.

Reprints

• in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #4/1967 ([april] 1967), #7/1967 ([juli] 1967) [page 1-7, 2nd translation], #8/1967 ([august] 1967) [page 8-12, 2nd translation]
• in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #173 (October-November 1975)
• in Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #20 ([June 1976] ?)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)

Scooter? Who He? (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed)

Inks

Joe Orlando

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

house ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale April 7