Action Comics
#274
(March 1961)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-01-31
- 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 the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 15, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1961. Second class permit. Copyright number B881745.
The Reversed Super-Powers!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superwoman [Lois Lane]
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Reversed Super-Powers!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superwoman [Lois Lane]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robot Z
- Synopsis
- While trying to make himself immune to Kryptonite an explosion in the lab removes Superman's power and gives Lois powers.
- Reprints
-
in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #104 (September-October 1970) [1 page omitted] -
in Giant Lois Lane Album (K. G. Murray, 1964 ? series) #9 ([Circa 1970-1972]) - in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Green Kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Bill Slaten; Mike Mahoney; David Schaefer; Renee Rosenman; Linda Breitman; Sharon Johnston; Mike Cox; Calvin Rush; Tom McGeehan; John McGeehan
Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Rip Hunter... Time Master / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
Indexer Notes
house ad for Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #1 (March-April 1961)
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Casey, will you save all your old magazines for me?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #228 (February 1956)
-
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman; Adventure Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Supergirl's Three Time Trips!
Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl; Annie Oakley; Buffalo Bill; George Washington; Betsy Ross; Captain John Smith; Running Deer; Pocahontas; Superman
- Synopsis
- When tasked to do a report on a famous historical figure, Supergirl travels into the past to view Annie Oakley, Betsy Ross and Pocahontas in action, but in each time period she encounters kryptonite.
- 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 Solitude; Green Kryptonite; time travel
Don't Sell Nature Short!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- A wildlife preserve wins out over plans to build a new shopping center.
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[no title indexed]
Tricksy / 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
- Some trick. Bah!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tricksy
[no title indexed]
Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- HQFWP PJSY QJKY XRFQQANQQJ...
Indexer Notes
membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Saturn No. 5)
decoded message reads: "Clark Kent left Smallville and moved to Metropolis when he was twenty years old."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Reversed Super-Powers!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Reversed Super-Powers!
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Rip Hunter... Time Master -
5.
["Casey, will you save all your old magazines for me?"]
Casey the Cop -
6.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman; Adventure Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane -
7.
Supergirl's Three Time Trips!
Supergirl -
8.
Don't Sell Nature Short!
-
9.
["Some trick. Bah!"]
Tricksy -
10.
["HQFWP PJSY QJKY XRFQQANQQJ..."]
Supermen of America -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
13.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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