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Issue Details

Issue #294
Published March 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Note 1: Arrival date: 1962-02-13. Note 2: Statement of Ownership for 1961: Average Sales 460,000. Notes by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.))

Cover Details - "Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro-Supermen!"

Characters Bizarro-Lois (As Marilyn Monroe); Bizarro Krypto; Two other Bizarros (as John Kennedy and Jerry Lewis)
Genre superhero; humor
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn

12 page Superboy story "Dial M for Monster"

Characters Superman; Krypto; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Chief Parker
Synopsis Aliens from Xnor come to visit Earth as tourists and are very annoying.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

1 page public service announcement "From Many Lands.."

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Lou Cameron?
Inks Lou Cameron?

1 page Tricksy filler "Safety Belt"

Synopsis Even wears one in the bathtub
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

13 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Halloween Pranks of the Bizarro-Supermen"

Characters Bizarro Lois Lane (as Marilyn Monroe); other Bizarro (as Jerry Lewis); other Bizarro (as John Kennedy); other Bizarro (as Mickey Mantle); Bizarro Krypto; Blue Kryptonite; Bizarro Lana; Bizarro Kltpzyxm; Krypto; Bizarro Lex Luthor
Synopsis On Bizarro world, it's the adults who wear masks and play pranks on Halloween. But when Bizarro No. 1 plays cruel tricks on him, Bizarro Krypto searches for a better companion.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Notes Inker credit by Bob Hughes 8/05. Formerly George Klein.
Reprinted in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Boring Lecture][First Line: Today's lecture will be on ..."

Synopsis You put him to sleep; you wake him up
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes First line and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Reprinted from Action Comics (1938 series) #216 (DC, 1956)

1 page Little Pete filler "Snowball"

Synopsis Man wearing many hats makes great target
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff