Action Comics
#359
(February 1968)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly; (semi-monthly, March)
- On-sale Date
- 1967-12-26
- 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
The Case of the People vs. Superman!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #5/1969 ([mai] 1969) -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983) - in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)
-
- Keywords
- courtrooms; judges; trials
The Case of the People Against Superman!
Superman / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Batman [also appears as Bruce Wayne]; Dr. Frost; Earl Barton; Ron Noble (flashback); Mrs. Noble; Alonzo Kroll
- Synopsis
- Superman stands trial for the accidental killing of Ron Noble.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are looking at the 1st rough draft...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #81, on sale December 21 (uninked pencil art for the cover)
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1.67 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- George Klein (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Martin Pasko, Issie Borenstein, Carl Joy, Mark Squires, Wesley Scott, Tony Isabella, Matt Huber, Dave Cockrum, Thomas Reilly, Jack Voltz, Mike Puiocco, Mark Evanier, Gil Martin, Mark Durst, and Robert Quinn.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 430,900
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 446,000
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022
The Surprising Answer Is Waiting for You
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman (DC, 1930 series) #204, on sale December 14
The Super-Initiation of Supergirl!
Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese (sourced)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl; Joan Bryant; Sonya; Doris
- Synopsis
- When Supergirl finds out that the Xi-Pi-Hi-Fi sorority is engaged in brutal hazing, she applies to join and turns the tables on the bullies.
- Reprints
- in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #5/1969 ([mai] 1969)
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- hazing; sororities; Stanhope College
Indexer Notes
Kurt Schaffenberger's debut issue as the new artist.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
Indexer Notes
listing of DC comics on sale in early January 1968; includes cover art for Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #191 and Adventures of Jerry Lewis (DC, 1957 series) #105
-
0.
The Case of the People vs. Superman!
Superman -
1.
The Case of the People Against Superman!
Superman -
2.
["You are looking at the 1st rough draft..."]
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
The Surprising Answer Is Waiting for You
Superman -
6.
The Super-Initiation of Supergirl!
Supergirl -
7.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Allan Ferguson
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jason Sacks
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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