Action Comics
#266
(July 1960)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-05-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #18 and copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Supergirl; Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Which team is the mightier?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Streaky; Krypto
- Reprints
-
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001), #1 ([December] 2001) [cover]
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
- in Tails of the Super-Pets (DC, 2022 series) ([July] 2022)
-
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Buzzy- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown
- Synopsis
- Tom is tearing down the campaign posters of the candidate his father opposes, until Buzzy shows him that his father is much more fair-minded.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously published in DC comics cover-dated January 1953.
The Captive of the Amazons
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Feature Logo
Superman [rounded u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Princess Jena; Lois Lane; Perry White; Rog
- Synopsis
- Princess Jena from the planet Adoria comes to Earth and tricks Superman into returning to Adoria with her, where she forces him to marry her.
- Reprints
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968)
-
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #1/1971 (29 december 1970) -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1971 ([januar] 1971) - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
The Adorian society is made of Amazon-like women and meek and mild men.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, it's nice on your porch, Patty!
- Feature Logo
Jerry the Jitterbug- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug; Patty
- Reprints
- from A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #39 (February-March 1954)
-
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superboy; Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Jan Pepperman; Norman Silver; J. David Weintraub; Barbara Spartz; Richard Greguski; Larry Geraci
The World's Mightiest Cat!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
- Feature Logo
Supergirl- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lee]; Streaky; Superman; Krypto; Paul Dexter
- Synopsis
- Streaky again becomes super-powered and nobody believes the things Paul sees him perform.
- Reprints
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
- in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)
- in Tails of the Super-Pets (DC, 2022 series) ([July] 2022)
-
- Keywords
- Midvale Orphanage; X-Kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm - let's see now --
- Feature Logo
Peg- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Peg; Roger
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #180 (February 1952)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Which team is the mightier?"]
Supergirl; Superman -
1.
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Captive of the Amazons
Superman -
3.
["Gee, it's nice on your porch, Patty!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
4.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superboy; Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
5.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
6.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
7.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
8.
The World's Mightiest Cat!
Supergirl -
9.
["Hmm - let's see now --"]
Peg -
10.
["BPM OGIVB ACXMZUIV IVVCIT..."]
Supermen of America -
11.
This Is It!
Green Lantern -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Body Building -
14.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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