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Action Comics 271

ACTION COMICS #271

Cover Date: December 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1960-10-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Voyage to Dimension X!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #2; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #49/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #142)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #85/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #23/2)
Gypo (first appearance; one of Luthor's gang members, undergoes plastic surgery to pose as Superman)
other members of Luthor's gang
a Lex Luthor robot (destroyed)
various convicts

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
UN delegates

Cameo Appearance(s):

Krypto (image)
Supergirl (image)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
the Sahara Desert

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #2 (2006)


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Fortress of Solitude!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #139/3)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #114)
Streaky (in between issues #261/3 and #277/2)

Villain(s):

Professor Damon Brant (first appearance; an archaeologist who blackmails Supergirl)
Mrs. Brant (first appearance)
Arabian bandits (first appearance of all)
people of Gaz (first appearance)
Genghis Khan
Mongol warriors

Other Character(s):

Two unnamed archaeologists (first appearance of both; willingly agree to erase their memories of Supergirl)
Kids from the Midvale Orphanage
Mrs. Hart
Mr. Hart (first appearance; her husband)
a Linda Lee robot
a gas-creature from the planet Garko (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jerro (statue)
Lori Lemaris (statue)
Ronal (statue)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
the Arabian Desert
Supergirl's Fortress (first appearance; destroyed)
Metropolis
Midvale
Midvale Orphanage
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Garko (first mentioned)
an unidentified planet

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #334/5 (March 1966)
Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 (2017)


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