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Action Comics 357

ACTION COMICS #357

Cover Date: December 1967
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1967-10-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Kryptonite Rumble!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtWayne Boring
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in Superman Vol. 1 #203)

Villain(s):

Pocketbook Pete (takes the name Annihilator, Jr.; loses his superpowers and is de-aged to infancy)
The Skulls (first appearance of all; a motorcycle gang; Creep and Specs named)
Annihilator (Karl Keller; loses his superpowers, realizes the chemicals damaged his heart; later assists Superman and is give a Presidential pardon)

Other Character(s):

President Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Government officials

Location(s):

Metropolis
Washington, DC
The White House
The Washington Monument

Comment(s):

This story is continued from the previous issue.


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Secret Marriage!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #356/2 and #358/2)

Other Character(s):

Thal (first appearance; a Zhonnian; rescued by Supergirl, he falls in love with Supergirl, dumping his fiancée Veena; the pair later reunite and marry)
Veena (first appearance; a Zhonnian; takes the guise of a Zhonnian man, Joaquin Jarl, and convinces Supergirl she has been married to "Joaquin" for a year to get Thal over his infatuation with the Maid of Steel and win him back)
three unidentified Zhonnians (first appearance of all)
Students at Stanhope University

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Stanhope College
Unidentified Space Sector
Zhonnia (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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