Action Comics #269

(October 1960)

The Truth Mirror! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; "Flash" Dugan (villain); Superman Robot; Lois Lane Robot; Hazel

Synopsis:

Lois receives a magic mirror from her uncle that reveals a person's true nature. She uses it to find out Superman is really Clark Kent, but Superman then tricks her into believing that the mirror does not always work.

Reprints:

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #197 (June-July 1967)
• in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #13/1967 ([20] juni 1967)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #38 (July 1983)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006)

Keywords:

Fortress of Solitude

["Tricksy, you've got to smile for the audience."] (Table of Contents: 2)

Tricksy / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Anne Zeek, Bettyjane Lumpkin, Fred B. Weissler, Ben R. Harding, Buddy Brooks, Peter VanDervoort, Barbara I. Hoyt, Gary Simcox, Mike Dennis, D.L.B., Ilene Kayne, Claire Ossine, Ruth Keane, Earl Binder

Supergirl's First Romance! (Table of Contents: 4)

Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Supergirl; Jerro the Merboy (intro); Lori Lemaris; Ronal; Superman (statue); Freddy Blake

Synopsis:

Supergirl is called upon by Lori Lemaris to help Atlantis from a disaster. There, she falls in love with a merboy, Jerro.

Reprints:

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1968 (13.Juli 1968)
• in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([November] 2007)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([June] 2016)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017)

Keywords:

Atlantis

["Pete!"] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Genre:

humor