Action Comics #335

(March 1966)

Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Characters

Betsy; Bobby

Synopsis

Betsy tells young Bobby that he should keep his room neater but realizes that she has the same problem.

Indexer Notes

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

Luthor's First Victory Over Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Ardora; Van Benson; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Brainiac

Synopsis

Luthor and Brainiac have destroyed Superman's self-confidence but he eventually manages to defeat them.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #85 (Circa September 1966)
• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #589 (1º de febrero de 1967)

Keywords

Daily Planet; Lexor

Indexer Notes

story continued from the previous issue

Look -- Up in the Sky! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Supergirl / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Second Smash Issue! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1965
No circulation information given.
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz; P.H. Sampliner; Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.

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

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

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Danvers]

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Ellen Maccarrone, Dan Solla, Ralph D. Ecoff, Thelma Field, Brad Phillips, Mark Taylor, Gail Revere, and Carol Halstead.

The Prize of Peril (Table of Contents: 7)

Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks

Jim Mooney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Danvers]; Dick Malverne; Edna Danvers; Fred Danvers; Stan Wellwood; Jak-Thal; Zilya

Synopsis

Linda Danvers cheats to win the Miss Universe contest when she learns that the winner will be taken from Earth and forced to compete in an interplanetary beauty contest. She wins the Miss Cosmos contest as well, but the "prize" is to be transformed into an ugly freak.

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #589 (1º de febrero de 1967)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)

Keywords

beauty contest

Indexer Notes

story continues in the following issue

Riddler on the Move (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Painting a Model Car! Part 1 (Table of Contents: 9)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

6364

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Part 2 is in Adventure Comics #342 and Metamorpho #5.

Direct Current [March 1966] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)