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Action Comics #295

DC Comics

United States

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Published: December 1962
Page count: 36
Cover price: 0.12 USD
Colour: Colour
Format: Comic series
References: GCD

Credits

Editing: Mort Weisinger

Issue contents

Cover Superman Goes Wild! (Superman) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Superman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman; Green Kryptonite

Credits

Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: John Forte
Editing: Mort Weisinger

Reprint history

Also printed: Century Comic (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #82 ([April 1963?])
— Superman Goes Wild!

Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #295 — Superman Goes Wild!

View pages: 1 available.

1. Superman Goes Wild! (Superman) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature: Superman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Superman; Phantom Zone; Mon-El; Jax-Ur; Perry White; Lana Lang; The Superman Revenge Squad (villains, including Vagu; Dixo); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lori Lemaris; Fortress of Solitude; Superman Robots; Kandor; Green Kryptonite; The Superman Emergency Squad

Credits

Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein

Reprint history

Also printed: Century Comic (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #82 ([April 1963?])
— Superman Goes Wild

Synopsis

The Superman Revenge Squad uses a telepathic signal to hynotize Superman into doing evil deeds. He finally creates a ruse to convince the Squad he is mad, and unleashes the Superman Emergency Squad from Kandor to attack the Revenge Squad members, who destroy themselves.

Notes

Refers to "Lois Lane #29."

2. Untitled (Jerry The Jitterbug) Comic story, 0.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Jerry The Jitterbug
Genre: Gag
Characters: Jerry; Jerry's date

Credits

Script: Henry Boltinoff
Art: Henry Boltinoff
Letters: Henry Boltinoff

Synopsis

Jerry's date trys grilling, frying, and boiling the same steak in her attempt to cook her first dinner.

3. Metropolis Mailbag (Metropolis Mailbag) Letters page, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Metropolis Mailbag
Characters: Supergirl; Superman

Credits

Letters: typeset

Notes

Letters from: Paul Hyman; Gregory Wood; Tiloa May; John Evans; John Keller; Sally Betancouit (sic); Ed Liberman, with an illustration.

4. Untitled (Varsity Vic) Comic story, 0.67 pages

Featuring

Feature: Varsity Vic
Genre: Gag
Characters: Alan; Vic

Credits

Script: Henry Boltinoff
Art: Henry Boltinoff
Letters: Henry Boltinoff

Synopsis

Vic buys a car with no brakes, but finds a unique way to stop it.

5. The Girl With the X-Ray Mind! (Supergirl) Comic story, 13 pages

Featuring

Feature: Supergirl
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Supergirl; Lena Thorul (Luthor's sister, re-intro); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Dr. Anton; Lex Luthor; Lex Luthor's parents (flashback)

Credits

Script: Leo Dorfman
Art: Jim Mooney

Reprint history

Also printed: Giant Supergirl Album (Colour Comics, 1970 series) #3 ([March 1972])

Synopsis

Lena demonstrates E.S.P. talents but is denied a job with the FBI, so Supergirl goes into the past to find more information on her to help her get the job. She finds Lena is really Lex Luthor's little sister and one of his experiments accidently gave her telepathic powers, which she uses in a plan to capture some crooks and prove she is worthy of an FBI position.

Notes

Includes a flashback of Lex Luthor's origin as a criminal.

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AusReprints ID

32746

Entry created

22/07/2007

Cover added

13/11/2010

Index completed

13/11/2010

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