Action Comics
#267
(August 1960)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-06-30
- 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 Annual #1 and copyright registration.
Hercules in the 20th Century!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (poster); Hercules [Roger Tate]
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #17 (Circa January 1961) -
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 Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)
-
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Hercules in the 20th Century!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Hercules [Roger Tate]; Lex Luthor; Lex Luthor's Gang; Frank Hall; Animal Keeper; Eternal Oracle; Gods of Olympus [Jupiter; Mercury; Vulcan; Venus; Achilles]
- Synopsis
- Lex Luthor builds a time-machine to bring Hercules to the present to use him to stop Superman. Hercules gets wise to Luthor's plan and helps Superman stop Luthor, and then decides to stay in the present and falls in love with Lois Lane.
- Reprints
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971)
-
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #100 (mars 1986) which is reprinted - in Collection T. V. Pocket (Sage - Sagédition, 1978 series) #[23] - Supergirl : La fièvre des radiations (1er trimestre 1987)
- 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
Story continues next issue.
Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!
Giant Superman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Merle Boyle, David Judd, John Poppen, Robert Colgan, Jr., John Moon, Bill Mason, John Pinette, Charles Johnson, Dawn Zamudio, Janice Gilbreath.
The Three Super-Heroes!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]]
- Synopsis
- The Legion comes to the 20th century to meet Supergirl and invites her to come to the 30th Century to apply to join the Legion.
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966)
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991 [January 1992])
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- 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 Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([October] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- red kryptonite; time travel
Indexer Notes
Third appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes; first appearance of Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, and Invisible Kid.
[no title indexed]
Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's tough being on a diet.
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Hercules in the 20th Century!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books -
2.
Hercules in the 20th Century!
Superman -
3.
Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!
Giant Superman Annual -
4.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
5.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps -
6.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
7.
The Three Super-Heroes!
Supergirl -
8.
["It's tough being on a diet."]
Ollie -
9.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
10.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
11.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
12.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
14.
[no title indexed]
Midwest Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- John Brichetto
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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