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Action Comics 312

ACTION COMICS #312

Cover Date: May 1964
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1964-03-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "King Superman Versus Clark Kent, Metallo" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (temporarily split into an "evil" Superman and a human Clark Kent by red kryptonite; next World's Finest Comics #141)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (next World's Finest Comics #141)
Lois Lane (next World's Finest Comics #141)
Lori Lemaris (in between issue #309 and the second story in this issue)
Perry White (next World's Finest Comics #141)

Villain(s):

a robot from Bxpa (first appearance; destroyed)

Other Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen Fan Club
various world leaders
Superman Robots (destroyed)
Atlanteans (Tritonians)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Metallo (in flashback)
Professor Vale (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Atlantis
Fortress of Solitude (in flashback)
The Bottle City of Kandor (in flashback)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Midvale
New York, NY
United Nations
off the Western coast of Africa (in flashback)
Unidentified Space Sector
Bxpa (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.


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Second Story: "The Fantastic Menace of the "LL's" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #311/2 and #313

Guest Star(s):

Comet (also as Biron; in between issues #311/2 and #318/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lori Lemaris (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #313)

Villain(s):

"Lady-Killer" Kane (first appearance)
Stebbins (first appearance; an employee of "Madcap" Marilyn Drake and gang informant)
the Million Dollar Gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

"Madcap" Marilyn Drake (first appearance; a wealthy heiress)
A movie director and extras (first appearance for all)
an FBI agent (first appearance)
various alien students at the Space College (first appearance for all)
Atlanteans (Tritonians)
Cybernians (behind the scenes; send a "predictor" machine to Supergirl)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Atlantis
Midvale
somewhere in California
Saturn
an unidentified "distant moon" of Saturn
Space College (first appearance; in the vicinity of Saturn)
Unidentified Space Sector
"Sargasso Sea" of Space

Story Reprinted in:

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


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