Action Comics #345

(January 1967)

The Day Candid Camera Unmasked Clark Kent's Identity! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Allen Funt; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; John L. Sullivan (criminal in disguise); Jake Kilrain (criminal in disguise); Diamond Jim Brady (criminal in disguise)

Synopsis

Allen Funt (of the real-world Candid Camera television show) comes to Metropolis to film his program and nearly exposes Superman's secret identity.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #17/1967 (26. August 1967)

Keywords

Candid Camera

Captain Action the Amazing 9 in 1 Super Hero (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Captain Action; Ideal Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Presenting the Mag from SUPER! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

6467

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll have a lot of fun building this model, Mr. Cap.

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Nolan Itamura of Maui, Hawaii

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

The Exile of Steel (Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Dick Malvin; Lucas Nevins

Synopsis

On the parallel planet of Gaea, Supergirl goes on trial for subversive activities and is convicted and exiled, but waits her opportunity to return and overthrow the evil dictatorship that takes over after her trial.

Reprints

• in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #1/1968 ([januar] 1968) [US, 1966]
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

story continues from the previous issue

Champs Against Odds! (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Mickey Mantle; Wilma Rudolph; Ben Hogan

Synopsis

Kids who are thinking about giving up in school are reminded of sports heroes who overcame great challenges by perseverance.

Keywords

baseball; golf; Olympics

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

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils

Curt Swan (logo illustration)

Inks

George Klein (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by David Lewin, Sal Jacopelli, Tony W. Messina, and Richard Laurent.