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Issue Details

Issue #284
Published January 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Arrival date: 30 November 1962 (Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005)

Cover Details - "The Babe of Steel!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

14 page Superman story "The Babe of Steel!"

Characters Superman; Madame Olga; Perry White; Kandor; Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; Mon-El; Supergirl; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; Red Kryptonite; Phantom Zone; Dr. Xadu (flashback); Superboy (flashback)
Synopsis Superman uses red kryptonite to become baby-sized in order to get through a hole in the Phantom Zone that threatens to become larger.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes Note 1: Previous inking credit of Shelly Moldoff changed based on credits from Bob Bailey and others on chat list. [Mike Nielsen 5/2007] Note 2: Previous issue also contained Superman and Supergirl stories containing Red Kryptonite. (Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005) Note 3: 2nd appearance of Mon-El
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #212 (December 1968); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Tricksy filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

12 page Supergirl story "The Strange Bodies of Supergirl!"

Characters Supergirl; Krypto; Jerro; Lenora Lemaris; Lori Lemaris; Superman; Fred Danvers; Mrs. Danvers; Red Kryptonite; Green Kryptonite
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Story continued from Action Comics #283
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March 1968); in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2