Action Comics #277

(June 1961)

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1)

Art Instruction, Inc. / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Conquest of Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain); Superman Robot

Reprints

• 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 (April 2007)
• in Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2015 series) ([December] 2015)

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! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Superman; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

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] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger [as Ed.]

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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! (Table of Contents: 7)

Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

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 ([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

Green Kryptonite; X-Kryptonite

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Superman Is on Television! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Adventure Comics; Tales of the Bizarrro World / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Parents Have Rights, Too! (Table of Contents: 11)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

advocacy

Just Imagine! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Honor House Prod. Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)