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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
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Credits:
Story | Leo Dorfman |
Art | Wayne Boring |
Lettering | Joe Letterese |
Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Editing | Mort 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.
Credits:
Story | Otto Binder |
Art | Jim Mooney |
Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
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
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Zhonnia (first appearance)
Story Reprinted in:
- Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)