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ACTION COMICS #309
Cover Date: February 1964
Cover Price: $.12
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Lettering | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #170; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #48; also in flashback as Superboy, in between Superboy Vol. 1 #112/2 and Adventure Comics #319)
Guest Star(s):
- Batman (last in World's Finest Comics #140; next in Detective Comics #326)
- Robin (last in World's Finest Comics #140; next in Detective Comics #326)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Bouncing Boy (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Chameleon Boy (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Colossal Boy (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Element Lad (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Invisible Kid (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Lightning Lass (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Saturn Girl (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Shrinking Violet (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Sun Boy (in between Adventure Comics #316 and #317)
- Legion of Super-Pets
- Super-Monkey (in between Adventure Comics #313 and #322)
- Comet (last in the second story this issue; next in Adventure Comics #322)
- Krypto (last in Superman Vol. 1 #165; next in Adventure Comics #322)
- Streaky (last in issue #306/2; next in Adventure Comics #322)
- Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #170; next in issue #310/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Chief Parker (last in Superman Vol. 1 #359/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #171/2)
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #170; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #48)
- Lana Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #170; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #50)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #170; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #48)
- Lori Lemaris (in between issues #310 and #312)
- Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #170; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76/2)
- Pete Ross (last in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #55; next in Superman Vol. 1 #270/2; also in flashback in between Superboy Vol. 1 #107/3 and Adventure Comics #323)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (last in Superman Vol. 1 #168; next in issue #313/2)
- an unidentified prisoner
Other Character(s):
- President John F. Kennedy
- Program Director of Our American Heroes (first appearance)
- Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (Danny named)
- Look-Alike Squad
- Ar-Rone (Perry White's double)
- Sylvia Van-Zee (Lois Lane double; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #118)
- Vol-Don (Clark Kent's double)
- Zol-Lar (Jimmy Olsen's double)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Jonathan Kent (a carving)
- Martha Kent (a carving)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Washington, DC
- The White House
- the Amazon Jungle
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents Superman #4 (September 2008)
Solicitation:
- When Our American Heroes, a TV show honoring great Americans by reuniting them on air with their old acquaintances, honors Superman in such fashion, he is perplexed as to how he will find someone to portray Clark Kent and thus throw suspicion off his double identity. The man for the job is none other than President John F. Kennedy.
Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (also in flashbacks; last in issue #310; next in Superman Vol. 1 #170)
Guest Star(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Jer-Em (first appearance; next in Phantom Zone #1)
- Phantom Zone Prisoners
- General Zod (in between issues #307/2 and #321/2)
- Kru-El (last in issue #298/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #223)
- Professor Vakox (last in issue #307/2)
Location(s):
- Survival Zone (first appearance)
Story Reprinted in:
- Adventure Comics #416 (March 1972)
- Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)