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Action Comics 259

ACTION COMICS #259

Cover Date: December 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-10-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Revenge of Luthor!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #41/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superboy (in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)
Lana Lang (in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)
Lois Lane (in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)
Perry White (in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)
Lex Luthor (in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)
"Flashy" Burke (first appearance; a counterfeiter; in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)
a gang of bank robber disguised as aliens ((in a Red Kryptonite-induced dream)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

The story in all a hallucination due to Superman's exposure to red kryptonite.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #1 (August 1964)
Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Second Story: "The One Ape Circus" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy

Villain(s):

Nell Saxon (first appearance; a circus owner wanting to use Congorilla for her show)
a group of chunters (First appearance of all; shooting at gorillas from a helicopter)

Other Character(s):

Tom Simpson (first appearance; a jungle guide working for Nell Saxon)
local villagers
circus spectators

Location(s):

the Congo, Africa
Gotham City

Comment(s):

This story takes place over approximately a month and a half.

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #150 (June 1965)


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Third Story: "The Cave-Girl of Steel!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (next in Superman Vol. 1 #134)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the first story this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #106)

Villain(s):

various hostile dinosaurs

Other Character(s):

the orphanage headmistress
a nurse
kids at the orphanage (Baby Janet named)
stone-age humans (first appearance of all)
a museum guide (first appearance)

Location(s):

Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Comment(s):

Supergirl goes back to prehistoric times where she finds a tribe of humans living among the dinosaurs.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #334/2 (March 1966)
Supergirl Archives #1 (2001)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (2017)


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