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Issue Details

Issue #290
Published July 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Half a Superman!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan; Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois Lane figure touch-up)
Inks George Klein
Notes Kurt Schaffenberger Lois Lane touch-up pencil credit from Robert Cooley (May 13, 2005).
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

12 page Superman story "Half A Superman!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Red Kryptonite
Synopsis Red Kryptonite causes Superman's left side, and Krypto's right side, to become vulnerable.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

1 page Shorty filler

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

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

13 page Supergirl story "Supergirl's Super Boy-Friends!"

Characters Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy (figurine); Saturn Girl (figurine); Lightning Lad (figurine) (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Supergirl; Jerro; Dick Malverne; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Red Kryptonite; Edna Danvers; Lori Lemaris; The Supergirl Emergency Squad (intro)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March 1967); in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2