Action Comics
#277
(June 1961)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-04-27
- 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 (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 B899515.
The Battle of the Super-Pets!
Supergirl; Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl; Streaky; Krypto
- Reprints
-
in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #8 ([November 1961]) -
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes (Little, Brown, 1995 series) (1995)
- in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)
- in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2 (2003 [February 2004])
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([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)
-
- Keywords
- tug of war
Indexer Notes
"Superman's Greatest Feats" actually appears in that month's Superman #146.
The Conquest of Superman!
Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain); Superman Robot
- Reprints
-
in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #2/1966 - in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #28 ([November 1961])
- in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1968 (9. März 1968) -
in Superman et Batman (Interpresse; Sagédition, 1967 series) #8 (avril 1968) - in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #16 (September 1981)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([June] 2007)
- in Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2015 series) (2015 [February 2016])
-
- Keywords
- Blue Kryptonite; Green Kryptonite; Luthor's Lair; Red Kryptonite; White Kryptonite; Yellow Kryptonite (intro)
Indexer Notes
Inker credit confirmed by Pat Lang. Inker credit previously given to George Klein (as per Gene Reed) or Stan Kaye.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Job Number
- [3039]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is not!" "It is! I know!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (July 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number appears on original printing but not on this printing.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Douglas Dowdy, Jimmy Longgardner, Steven Sussman, Viola M. Schrader, Joseph Blitman, Leon Wieseltier, MIke Hyatt, Darla Middbrook.
The Battle of the Super-Pets!
Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl; Streaky; Krypto; Superman; Mr. Mxyzptlk (image); The Interplanetary Multi-Dimensional Practical Jokers Club; Super-Monkey (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Supergirl has a series of contests between Krypto and Streaky.
- Reprints
- in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #8 ([November 1961])
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #373 (March 1969)
- 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
- Green Kryptonite; X-Kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Adventure Comics; Tales of the Bizarrro World / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Parents Have Rights, Too!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
- Genre
- advocacy
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Battle of the Super-Pets!
Supergirl; Superman -
1.
Test Your Talent
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Conquest of Superman!
Superman -
3.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane -
4.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
5.
["It is not!" "It is! I know!"]
Little Pete -
6.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
7.
The Battle of the Super-Pets!
Supergirl -
8.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
9.
Superman Is on Television!
The Adventures of Superman -
10.
["Featured in the next issue of Adventure Comics..."]
Adventure Comics; Tales of the Bizarrro World -
11.
Parents Have Rights, Too!
-
12.
Just Imagine!
Justice League of America -
13.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Prod. Corp. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers
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