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Issue: Action Comics #264
Publication Date: May 1960
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Issues: #264 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/31/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #17 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman Becomes a Bizarro!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (as Bizarro); Perry White; Lois Lane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as Action Comics #264 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What's Wrong with These Pictures?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Five ways not to behave are depicted.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1965.
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The Superman Bizarro!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane: Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; Clark Kent robot
Synopsis: Captured by the Bizarros on Bizarro World, Superman is sentenced to be turned into a Bizarro himself. He dreams what it would be like if the sentence was carried out.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #2 published August 2006
as The Superman Bizarro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Continued from last issue. Superman turns Bizarro World into a cube.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ollie
First Line: Watch out, Ollie, don't walk under the ladder!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #1021 published April 1980
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Título original: ["Watch out, Ollie, Don't Walk Under the Ladder!"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Comics; Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Estelle Kirsh; Glenn Burkett; Carol Westlund; Charles Redding; Bruce Schleiden; Peter Litwack; Wayne Corn; Danny Murphy; James King; Barbara Gaddy; Barry Keffler; David Riggs; B. L. S.; Bruno Sinigaglio; Kent Maxwell; Eric Beller; M. Werber; Ed Smythe
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Supergirl Gets Adopted!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Linda Lee]; Mr. Wilkins; Mrs. Wilkins; Miss Hart
Synopsis: Linda has to scheme to prevent herself from being adopted to protect her secret identity. She spends 30 days with the Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins is a policeman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #347 published March 1967
as My Father, the Cop! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as Supergirl Gets Adopted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as Supergirl Gets Adopted! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 credits writer to Otto Binder.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: Hi, Vic. I understand you're in the school band
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
First Line: CGZIN LUX ZNK MOGTZ...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code Code Uranus No. 6). Decoded message reads: "Watch for the Giant Superman Annual. It will be out this summer and contain reprints of our greatest stories."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Eureka
First Line: My, my, look at all those books...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Joe Weider
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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