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Action Comics 342

ACTION COMICS #342

Cover Date: October 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1966-08-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Super-Human Bomb!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJim Shooter
ArtWayne Boring
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #97/2; next in Aquaman Vol. 1 #30)

Guest Star(s):

Brainiac (last in issue #339/2; next in World's Finest Comics #164)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #97/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #191)
Phineas Potter (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #93 and #107)

Villain(s):

Grax (first appearance; also in flashbacks; next in issue #417)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
scientists from across the world (first appearance of all; Dr. Weinhout named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Earth's core
Marianas Trench
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Deep space

Story Reprinted in:

DC Special #18 (October-November 1975)
Best of DC #42 (November 1983)


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Second Story: "The Day Supergirl Became an Amazon" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #97; next in Adventure Comics #350)

Villain(s):

Queen Jarta (first appearance; leader of an Amazon island)
Queen Jarta's Amazons (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Millie Cole (first appearance; a classmate of Linda Danvers)
Sue Johnston (first appearance; a classmate of Linda Danvers)
the Dean of Stanhope College (last/next in ???)

Location(s):

Stanhope College
an island in the Souht Pacific

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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