Action Comics #370

(December 1968)

If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You... (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

100 Years... Lost, Strayed or Stolen! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Bates

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Sonn]; Superbaby; Krya, Thol; Ruoa; Lasil; Vol; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)

Synopsis

En route to Earth after the destruction of Krypton, Kal-El's rocket was thrown into another dimension, where he lived for a whole century, maturing, marrying, and raising a son before a terrible discovery forced him to be devolved into an infant and sent back to his home dimension, where his rocket landed near Smallville.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1969 (22. Februar 1969)

Keywords

Krypton

Indexer Notes

Origin recap, new facts revealed.

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Ideal Toys; Captain Action / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

How Can One Man and One Dog... (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Supergirl's Shattered Marriage! (Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman ?

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Gary Sparks; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers

Synopsis

Since Gary Sparks has broken up with Linda, she decides to pursue him as Supergirl. When Gary proposes to her, she uses a computer she invented, the Prognosticon, to predict how their marriage will turn out, and the news isn't good.

Reprints

• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1969 ([september] 1969)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Sgt. Homer T. Collins; John Wilkins; Sally Sheedy; Dave Smith; Roland Austin

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

6612

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, that's a nice raceway scene you're painting.

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Charles Anderson of Middleton, Massachusetts

Get in on the Action (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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