Action Comics
#361
(March 1968)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly; (semi-monthly, March)
- On-sale Date
- 1968-01-30
- 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 Power of the Parasite!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Parasite
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #13/1968 -
in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #12/1968 ([desember] 1968) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #112 (Circa December 1968) -
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)
- in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999 series) #137 (January 2016)
-
- Keywords
- black eyes
The Power of the Parasite!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; the Parasite [Maxwell Jensen]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; the Octopus Gang
- Synopsis
- The Parasite, having previously exploded, is discovered in space and restored to life by an alien. He travels back to Earth and disguises himself, taking a job at the Daily Planet so he can secretly drain Superman's powers.
- Reprints
- in Supermann (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #12/1968 ([desember] 1968)
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #112 (Circa December 1968)
-
in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #3 (1981)
-
- Keywords
- Daily Planet
Indexer Notes
Title corrected by Mark Muller.
[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 Michael Poulin; Stephen Campfield; Irene Vartanoff; Alice Draper; Greg Koenig; Robert Reiner; Julius Bell
Supergirl's Super-Date!
Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Duane Todd
- Synopsis
- Linda tries computer dating and is matched with another student on campus. She begins to suspect that he has super-powers and may even be from Krypton.
- Reprints
- in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- computer dating; Fire Falls; Stanhope College
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Power of the Parasite!
Superman -
1.
The Power of the Parasite!
Superman -
2.
You Too Can Play the Game
Supergirl -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
DC's New Brand of Humor Is Coming Your Way...
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5.
Supergirl's Super-Date!
Supergirl -
6.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents
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- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Steve Jenner
- Dave Marchand
- Mike Nielsen
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- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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