Millennium Edition: Action Comics 252

(July 2000)

Action Comics #252: The Girl of Steel Arrives (Table of Contents: 1)

Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Greenberger (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

An overview of the context of this issue and the character, and credits. Appears on insides of front and back covers.

The Menace of Metallo! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein (credited)

Pencils

Al Plastino (credited)

Inks

Al Plastino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (villain, first appearance, death); Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Professor Vale (first appearance)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)

Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! (Table of Contents: 3)

Congorilla / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Howard Sherman (credited)

Inks

Howard Sherman (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; The Congorilla; Janu, the Jungle Boy; Corporal Gabin

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

While leading an expedition through the desert, Congo Bill stops at an apparently deserted oasis. But the water has been drugged, and the expedition passes out. When they awaken they find they are prisoners inside a nearby outpost that has been taken over by renegades. Bill, who is imprisoned separately from the others, rubs his magic ring and soon Congorilla is attacking the fort and freeing the expedition.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)

Indexer Notes

Credits in this issue say "Unknown" for writer, but the corrections page in the Millennium Edition: Superboy (DC, 2001 series) #1, which was the last Millennium Edition, credits Robert Bernstein for this story.

The Supergirl from Krypton! (Table of Contents: 4)

Supergirl / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder (credited)

Pencils

Al Plastino (credited)

Inks

Al Plastino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alura (first appearance, in flashback); Zor-El (first appearance, in flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent] (on a poster); Supergirl [Linda Lee] (first appearance, origin); Superman [Clark Kent]; Miss Hart (of Midvale Orphanage, first appearance)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (May 1959)

Keywords

Anti-Kryptonite; Argo City; Krypton; Midvale Orphanage

The Man of Steel Combo Deal (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 4.99 pages (report information)

[Be a Dark Knight.] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Batman; Milk [Got Milk?] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)