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ACTION COMICS #278

Cover Date: July 1961
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1961-05-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Super Powers of Perry White!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Coleman
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #54/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #147)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #277/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #150)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #54/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #147)

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #26/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #147)

Perry White (temporarily gains super powers and is controlled by Xasnu, a plant intelligence from the planet Zelm; in between Superman Vol. 1 #146 and #147)

Villain(s):

Xasnu (first appearance; an alien plant intelligence; dies; killed by exposure to white kryptonite)

Y'trom (first appearance; an alien plant intelligence)

another unidentified alien (first appearance; an alien plant intelligence)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude

The Bottle City of Kandor

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Erezan (first mentioned)

Zelm (first appearance; on a monitor screen)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #227 (June-July 1970)

Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)

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Second Story: "The Unknown Supergirl!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #284 and #279/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #9; next in issue #279/2)

Krypto (in between issues #284 and #281/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jerro (in between issues #276/2 and #284/2)

Lori Lemaris (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31/2; next in issue #284/2)

Villain(s):

Tough Tommy and his gang (first appearance of all)

smugglers (first appearance of all)

escaped convicts (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

a Linda Lee robot

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Atlantis (Tritonis)

Metropolis

Midvale

Midvale Orphanage

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #360 (March-April 1968)

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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