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Action Comics 336

ACTION COMICS #336

Cover Date: April 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1966-02-24

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Man from the Phantom Zone!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton, E. Nelson Bridwell
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #92/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Brenn-Bir (last in World's Finest Comics #143; also in flashback; next in Krypton Chronicles #1)
Kyl-Ibo (first appearance; next in Krypton Chronicles #1)
Vas-Quor (first appearance; also disguised as "Gan-Lar;" also in flashback; next in Krypton Chronicles #1)
Phantom Zone Prisoners
General Zod (in flashback)
Jax-Ur (in between #321/2 and #352; also in flashback)
Kru-El (in flashback)
Professor Vakox (in between #321/2 and #341; also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Ak-Var (first appearance; also in flashbacks; next in Superman Family #185/5)
Van-Zee (last in Superman Vol. 1 #158; next in World's Finest Comics #240)
Thara Gem-Zee (first appearance; niece of Van-Zee; next in Superman Family #186/5)
Sirma Sen (first appearance; former girlfriend of Ak-Var)
Hab-Dis (first appearance; executioner of Kandor)
Kryptonians (in flashback)
Kandorians

Cameo Appearance(s):

Dru-Mar (first appearance; image of an ancient Kryptonian hero)
Val-Kon (first appearance; image of an ancient Kryptonian hero)
Zim-Ra (first appearance; image of an ancient Kryptonian hero)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813:
Krypton:(in flashbacks)
Space Sector 2814:
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Phantom Zone (also in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone ([June] 2009)

Solicitation:

After serving his sentence in the Phantom Zone, Ak-Var is released by Superman. Unfortunately for Ak-Var, he is framed for a museum robbery shortly thereafter, and now Superman must clear his name!


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Second Story: "The Forbidden Fortress of Solitude" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringMilt Snapinn
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #335/2; next behind the scenes in Adventure Comics #342)

Supporting Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #186)
Dick Malverne (next in ???)
Lois Lane (in between Superman Vol. 1 #185/2 and #186)
Comet (last in issue #323/2; next in Adventure Comics #343)
Fred Danvers (last/next in ???)
Edna Danvers (next in ???)

Villain(s):

Prince Jak-Thal (also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

a soldier undergoing plastic surgery (first appearance)
a plastic surgeon (first appearance)
Bizarros

Cameo Appearance(s):

three other former Miss Cosmoses (Zilya named; all in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Arctic Circle
Fortress of Solitude
United States of America
Metropolis
Midvale
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Jak-Thal's unidentified world
an unidentified prison planet (first appearance)
an unidentified world on a collision course with Bizarro World (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story is continued from the previous issue.


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