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Action Comics 282

ACTION COMICS #282

Cover Date: November 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-09-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman's Toughest Day!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #29/3; next in World's Finest Comics #121)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #29/3)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #29/3)

Other Character(s):

a Superman and a Clark Kent robot
Ed Somers (first appearance)
the mayor of Metropolis

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #197/6 (June-July 1967)
Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)


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Second Story: "The Supergirl of Tomorrow" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between issues #281/2 and #283/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Fred Danvers (last in issue #279/2)
Edna Danvers (last in issue #280/2)
Dick Malverne (formerly was Dick Wilson)

Villain(s):

Clan of Censors (first appearance of all; a dictatorship several thousand years in the future; including the dictator, the "All-Seeing Eye")
Lesla-Lar (next in issue #297/2)
Lex Luthor (in between issues #280/2 and #285)
Mister Mxyzptlk (last in Superman Vol. 1 #150/3)

Other Character(s):

the Unconquerables (first appearance of all; an underground rebel group several thousand years in the future; Gismak-Ral named)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox; image)
Jerro (image)

Location(s):

Earth (including several thousand years in the future)
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Midvale

Comment(s):

This story is continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl Archives #2 ([December] 2003)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1 (2017)


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