Action Comics
#357
(December 1967)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly; (semi-monthly, Mar.)
- On-sale Date
- 1967-10-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Kryptonite Rumble!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- green kryptonite; motorcycle gangs
in 
Why Fight? Read All Three!!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Scooter; Stanley Dover; Spot
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; house ad for Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series), Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series), and The Fox and the Crow (DC, 1952 series) [starring Stanley and His Monster]
The Kryptonite Rumble!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Annihilator; Pocketbook Pete [Annihilator Jr.]; President Lyndon Baines Johnson
- Synopsis
- The Annihilator's sidekick, Pocketbook Pete, swallows Kryptonian explosives, gains super-explosive power and appoints himself President, you squares!
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #109 (Circa September 1968)
-
- Keywords
- Green Kryptonite; Mount Rushmore; Statue of Liberty; Washington DC; Washington Monument; White House
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- George Klein (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Clay Corey; Camille Kurz; Clem Zipp Jr.; Frank Mitchell; Melody Brown; K. DeBlasio; Marie Alece Annala; Lee Sandlin; Alexandra Bethune
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff; Neal Adams
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff; Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff; ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe, where are you going?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
house ad for The Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #104, contained in a Boltinoff humor strip
Supergirl's Secret Marriage!
Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl; Joaquin Jarl [Veena]; Thal
- Synopsis
- A jealous alien female, disguised as a male, fakes a marriage with Supergirl (who has temporary amnesia from green kryptonite) so that her monitoring boyfriend will get over his obsession with Supergirl. Supergirl's tip-off: the alien put her arms around Supergirl's neck, rather than her waist or shoulders, when kissing. It was pretty game of Supergirl to play along until she could figure it out...
- Reprints
-
in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #1/1969 ([januar] 1969) -
in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Green Kryptonite
Bad News!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 [80 Page Giant #G-42], on sale October 17
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Job Number
- 6583
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There! My model ship is finished.
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
hint submitted by Norman Jacobs of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Major Matt Mason' Mattel's Man in Space
Major Matt Mason / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get Mattel's Major Matt Mason and All this Neat Equipment
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
One Page Mattel Ad featuring Major Matt Mason equipment. Ad appears within story "The Kryptonite Rumble!" between story panel pages 4 and 5
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Kryptonite Rumble!
Superman -
1.
Why Fight? Read All Three!!
-
2.
The Kryptonite Rumble!
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
["Joe, where are you going?"]
The Adventures of Jerry Lewis -
5.
Supergirl's Secret Marriage!
Supergirl -
6.
Bad News!
Superman -
7.
["There! My model ship is finished."]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
8.
Major Matt Mason' Mattel's Man in Space
Major Matt Mason
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- John Eaton
- Roy Lyons
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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