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ACTION COMICS #286
Cover Date: March 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-01-30
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Colors: Ira Schnapp
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Credits:
| Story | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Lettering | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/3)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/3)
Villain(s):
- Superman Revenge Squad (formerly the Superboy Revenge Squad; Rava and Scout 627 named; last in New Adventures of Superboy #54)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #60/3; next in issue #287/2)
- Krypto (last in issue #281/2)
Other Character(s):
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Streaky (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Krypto's)
- Titano (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Krypto's)
- Brainiac (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Lex Luthor (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Legion of Super-Villains
- Cosmic King (Laevar Bolto; in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Lightning Lord (Mekt Ranzz; in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Saturn Queen (Eve Aries; in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- an unidentified alien (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Pete Ross the 5th (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Lana Lang's descendant (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
- Ray Tyson (in a red kryptonite induced dream of Superman's)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The Superman Revenge Squad exposes Krypto to three samples of red kryptonite to guage its effectiveness against Superman. The first turns Krypto into a phantom, the second changes his appearance to feature tiger-like stripes while the third sample induces nightmares in the Dog of Steel. It is this third sample which is used on Superman.
- The Superman Museum is show to feature wax replicas of green, red and yellow kryptonite, which was likely meant to be gold kryptonite.
- This story continues in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #3 (April 2007)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Pencils | Curt Swan (Luthor's head, page 4, panel 4) |
| Inks | George Klein (Luthor's head, page 4, panel 4) |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in issue #285; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
Supporting Character(s):
- Dick Malverne (in between issues #285 and #290/2)
- Fred Danvers (last in issue #285; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
- Edna Danvers (last in issue #285; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152)
- Lori Lemaris (last in issue #285; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33)
- Jerro (in between issues #285 and #290/2)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (last in Adventure Comics #293/2; next in World's Finest Comics #126; also in flashback)
- Luthor's gang
- unidentified gangland bosses
- robot soldiers
Other Character(s):
- police officers (Pete named)
- prison guards
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Garr Rindaz (first appearance; in flashback; an ancient Atlantean hero)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Atlantis (Tritonis)
- Midvale
- Metropolis
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- an unidentified planet
Comment(s):
- Lex Luthor first meets Supergirl, originally believing she was a robotic hoax created by Superman.
Story Reprinted in:
- Action Comics #355/2 (October 1967)
- Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)