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Action Comics 305

ACTION COMICS #305

Cover Date: October 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-08-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #165)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #165)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #72/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #165

Villain(s):

"Benny the Blaster" (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Superman #4 ([September] 2008)


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Second Story: "The Girl Who Hated Supergirl!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #304/2; next in Adventure Comics #313)

Supporting Character(s):

Edna Danvers (in between issues #304/2 and #306/2)
Dick Malverne (in between issues #304/2 and #306/2)

Villain(s):

a space-bat (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Midvale
Karen Blair (first appearance; hates Supergirl as she incorrectly blames her for the death of her father and the injury of her brother)
Karen Blair's father (first appearance; an astronomer; in flashback; dies)
Karen Blair's mother (first appearance)
Bill Blair (first appearance; Karen's brother; injured in flashback)
citizens of Daxnar III (first appearance; in flashback)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman (in flashback)
Alura Zor-El (in flashback)
Zor-El (in flashback)
citizens of Argo City (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Argo City (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Arctic Circle
Fortress of Solitude
United States of America
Midvale
Unidentified Space Sector
Daxnar III (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Supergirl's arrival on Earth is given as May 18, 1959 and takes place on the anniversary as well as a few days later.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)


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