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Action Comics 361

ACTION COMICS #361

Cover Date: March 1968
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1968-01-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams
Colors: Gaspar Saladino


Story: "The Power of the Parasite!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJim Shooter
ArtAl Plastino
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #61; next in World's Finest Comics #174; also in flashback to issue #340)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in World's Finest Comics #173; next in Superman Vol. 1 #205)
Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #173; next in Superman Vol. 1 #205)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #81; next in Superman Vol. 1 #205)

Villain(s):

Parasite (Maxwell Jensen; takes the identity "Larchon P. Leech;" last in issue #340; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #322; also in flashback to issue #340)
The Octopus Gang (first appearance; pirates with an octopus-like submarine)
an armored bank robber (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
an unidentified alien race (first appearance of all, including a "space-geographer" killed by the Parasite)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (statue)
Lara Jor-El (statue)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector
Platos II (first mentioned)


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Second Story: "Supergirl's Super-Date" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #359/2 and #362/2)

Other Character(s):

Duane Todd (first appearance; Linda Danvers' date, fakes having super powers and is convinced Linda is Supergirl)
Duane's father (first appearance)
Students and faculty at Stanhope College

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton
Argo City (mentioned)
Fire Falls (mentioned)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Superman Museum
Stanhope College

Story Reprinted in:

Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018)


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