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Action Comics 329

ACTION COMICS #329

Cover Date: October 1965
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1965-08-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Ultimate Enemy!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtAl Plastino
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #88/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #181; also in flashback as baby Kal-El on Krypton, in between flashbacks in World's Finest Comics #149 and #156 and flashback as Superboy, in between the flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3 and Adventure Comics #337)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #88/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #181)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #88/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #181)
Jor-El in flashback; last in Superman Vol. 1 #173/2, (Page 1, panels 2-3); next in flashback in More Fun Comics #101/3 (page 2, panel 3 to page 3, panel 2)

Villain(s):

Jon Smatten (first appearance; a renegade scientist; also in flashbacks battling Superboy and Superman)
a robot knight (first appearance; made out of Kryptium and created by Joe Smatten, "Krypton's strongest metal;" destroyed)

Other Character(s):

Hab-Rull (first appearance; in flashback; a Kryptonian scientist; presumably dies when his laboratory explodes into space)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Smallville (in flashback)

Comment(s):

First appearance of the Super-Sword of Krypton.


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Second Story: "Drang, the Destroyer!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #61/2; next in issue #330/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Dick Malverne (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Drang the Destroyer (first appearance; also in flashback)
Circle of Evil (first appearance)
Kirol (first appearance; Lord if the council)
Fantasta (first appearance; an applicant to the Circle; dies)
Varr (first appearance; joins the Circle for killing Sulman, defender of the Tork Galaxy)
Vintan (first appearance; an applicant to the Circle; dies)
Execution birds (first appearance; Gnomo named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Stanhope College
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Cyclon (first mentioned)
Gotha (first appearance)
Purple Planet (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story is continued in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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