Action Comics
#272
(January 1961)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-11-29
- 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 copyright registration.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman's Rival, Mental Man!
Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Lucy Lane; Aquaman [as Mental Man]; "Ace" Ruggles (villain); Aqualad (flashback); Krypto (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Lois creates a comic strip about a superhero called Mental Man. When Mental Man suddenly appears he falls in love with Lois, but it's a hoax by Superman and Aquaman to capture "Ace" Ruggles.
- Reprints
-
in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #68 (September-October 1966) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #15/1968 (27. Juli 1968) - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- comic strips; Green Kryptonite
Coming Super-Attractions!
Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lori Lemaris
- Synopsis
- ad for current issues of Adventure Comics, Superboy, Jimmy Olsen
Indexer Notes
No actual covers are depicted. Featured stories are listed.
Watch for the Second Superman Annual!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Bizarro; Metallo; Titano; Brainiac
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl
Indexer Notes
includes letters from Walter Noga, Wayne Paske, Danny Phelan, Anne Zeek, Dean Norman, Ronald Lehr, Greg Frownfelter, Elmer Woods
Get a Grip on Your Gripes!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Fred loses his temper all the time until he is confronted by Joe.
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[no title indexed]
Knights of the Square Table / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When are you leaving for the king's castle, Sir Egbert?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sir Egbert
- Reprints
- from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #7 (August-September 1956)
-
The Second Supergirl!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Marvel Maid [Lea Lindy] (origin); Marvel Man [Ken Clark] (origin); Superman
- Synopsis
- Supergirl travels to an Earth-like world to use her super-powers publicly to prove to Superman that she is ready to be revealed to the real world. On this world she discovers Marvel Maid, who has powers like Supergirl but is able to act freely, and Marvel Man who has powers like Superman but must hide his abilities.
- Reprints
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 (2003 [February 2004])
- 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)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Marvels; Fortress of Solitude
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics #273.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superman's Rival, Mental Man!
Superman -
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
Superman's Rival, Mental Man!
Superman -
3.
Coming Super-Attractions!
Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superboy -
4.
Watch for the Second Superman Annual!
Superman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
6.
Get a Grip on Your Gripes!
-
7.
["When are you leaving for the king's castle, Sir Egbert?"]
Knights of the Square Table -
8.
[no title indexed]
Maxim Stamps; Stamp Bazaar Stamps -
9.
The Second Supergirl!
Supergirl -
10.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
11.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
12.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
13.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products
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- Dwayne Best
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- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Dan Kocher
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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