Action Comics #280

(September 1961)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Brainiac's Super-Revenge! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Congo Bill; Congorilla; Brainiac (villain); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Molnur; Invisible Rogue; Elastic Crook; Electric Man (cameo); Insect Master (cameo)

Synopsis

Congorilla helps Superman, Lois and Jimmy escape from Brainiac's trap.

Reprints

• in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #168 (December 1974-January 1975)
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #13/1976 ([oktober] 1976)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([June] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Inks note from original indexer: Gene Reed says Klein.

Tootsie Roll Makes History! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Curt Swan (logo illustration)

Inks

Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Jim Larsen, J. W. Santamo, John Palanza, Richard Tomaso, Jerry Dortsch, Judy Plotkin, John Green, and Angus Kahn.

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Superman; Adventure Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This correspondence course on magic is great!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ollie

Keywords

handcuffs; stage magic

There's More Than Meets the Eye... (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Trapped in Kandor! (Table of Contents: 11)

Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Linda Danvers] (brief origin); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lesla-Lar (villain); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Zor-El (flashback); Perry White (cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo)

Synopsis

Kandorian scientist Lesla-Lar changes places with a de-powered Supergirl using her teleporter ray and begins her plan to destroy Superman.

Reprints

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March-April 1968) [8 1/3 pages only]
• 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

Argo City; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Action Comics #279; story continues in Action Comics #281.

Guaranteed to Make You Smile... (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman... (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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