Action Comics #332

(January 1966)

The Magic Card! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

A group of kids discover the library.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated February 1959.

The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King (cameo) (villain); Lightning Lord (cameo) (villain); Saturn Queen (cameo) (villain)]; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor (villain); Brainiac; Ardora; President Lyndon Johnson; Perry White (cameo)

Synopsis

Luthor escapes from his asteroid prison and seeks revenge on Superman, because Superman has revealed to Lex's wife Ardora that Luthor is a criminal.

Keywords

Atlantis; Lexor; red sun

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Beginning -- and the End! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

6347

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'd like a model plane!

Genre

humor

How Superwoman Trained Superboy! (Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superwoman [also appears as Carole Zorelle]; Superboy [also appears as Cal Ellis]; Zor-El; Allura; Jor-El; Lara (cameo); Lex Luthor (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Dick Wilson; the Invisibles

Synopsis

On Krypton, Zor-El discovers that the planet is doomed, and he and his family travel to Earth, where they gain super-powers. Not long after, Gold Kryptonite takes away the powers of Zor-El and Allura, and they train their young daughter Kara to grow into a super-heroine. Years later, after Zor-El and Allura die, Kara's cousin Kal-El arrives on Earth from Argo City, and she gives him a secret identity so that he can secretly train to use his new super-powers.

Reprints

• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #28 ([December 1966])
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)

Keywords

Argo City; Fortress of Solitude; Gold Kryptonite; Imaginary Story; Krypton

Indexer Notes

Imaginary story, continues in next issue.

The Demon Under the Red Sun! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

They're Off and Running! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Teen Titans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils

Curt Swan (logo illustration)

Inks

George Klein (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Howard Berger, Julie McLaughlin, Bill Thom, Greg Cole, Pat Grey, Bob Hocutt, Martin Walsh, Karina Boardman, and William Sellers.

Letterhack Howard Berger coins the phrase "Brand I" in retaliation to Marvel Comics' description of DC as "Brand Ecch".