Action Comics
#271
(December 1960)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-10-27
- 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
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Printed in the U.S.A. On-sale date from copyright registration.
Voyage to Dimension X!
Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Al Plastino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Luthor Robot; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (Cameo); Krypto (Cameo); Gypo (Luthor's henchman)
- Synopsis
- Lex Luthor has an elaborate plan to trap Superman by posing as aliens from another dimension.
- Reprints
-
in Albi del Falco (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1954 series) #264 (7 Maggio 1961) -
in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
-
- Keywords
- Impersonation; nuclear weapons
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Carol Berg; Janet Gibbs; Maureen Young; Dan Rosenwein; Daniel Brock; Greg Frownfelter; David Chisholm; Gary Jacobson; Alan Dreyfus; Mort Weisinger ?
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring ?
- Inks
- Wayne Boring
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Editor:
Children of Tomorrow!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Asian children; African parents; sick African child; children; teachers
- Keywords
- U.N.; UN; UNICEF; United Nation
Indexer Notes
Celebrating United Nations Day and the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of a Child. "Published as a public service in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."
[no title indexed]
Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rain!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ollie
- Synopsis
- It's raining and Ollie can't play golf, so he takes putting practice on a pool table.
- Keywords
- Golf; pool
Coming Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Supergirl's Fortress of Solitude!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl; Streaky; Jerro (statue); Lori Lemaris (statue); Ronal (statue); Professor Damon Brant (villain); Mrs. Brant (villain); Mrs. Hart
- Synopsis
- Supergirl builds herself a secret Fortress of Solitude, but it is found by explorers who use the information to blackmail Supergirl into making them rich.
- Reprints
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #195 (Circa November 1975) - 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
- Adoption; desert; orphanage; Supergirl's Fortress of Solitude; time travel; X-Kryptonite
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Voyage to Dimension X!
Superman -
1.
["Add 3 inches of steel-like muscles to your arms... 4 'power packed' inches of muscles to your chest!"]
Joe Weider -
2.
Voyage to Dimension X!
Superman -
3.
Supermen of America
-
4.
["Dear Editor:"]
Metropolis Mailbag -
5.
["The next Giant Superman annual will be another sellout!"]
Superman -
6.
Children of Tomorrow!
-
7.
["Rain!"]
Ollie -
8.
Coming Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman; Adventure Comics -
9.
Supergirl's Fortress of Solitude!
Supergirl -
10.
["Journey into a fantastic new world beneath the earth!"]
Cave Carson Adventures Inside Earth -
11.
America's Most Exciting War Game
Task Force -
12.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
A Message from Champions!
The National Sports Council
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