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Issue Details

Issue #288
Published May 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Man Who Exposed Superman!"

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

13 page Superman story "The Man Who Exposed Superman!"

Characters Superman; Hal Colby (villain); Perry White; Superboy (flashback); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Lois Lane; Krypto; Mr. Norsted; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis Hal Colby poses as a TV producer in an attempt to determine Superman's secret identity.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

12 page Supergirl story "The Man Who Made Supergirl Cry!"

Characters Supergirl; Joe Hall (villain); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Phantom Zone; Jax-Ur (villain); Professor Vakox (villain); Mon-El; Green Kryptonite
Genre superhero
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes This story does not reprint Action 252. Bogus reprint information deleted thanks to Allen Ross 10/05.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Monkey Research][First Line: Imagine! Professor Zilch ..."

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Title and first line from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.