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Issue: Action Comics #252
Publication Date: May 1959
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Issues: #252 of 866 Issues (1410 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: 03/31/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Supergirl from Krypton!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
First Line: Great guns! A girl, flying!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Great Superman Comic Book Collection #[nn] published January 1981
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 #[nn] published April 1992
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Mike Gold [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Action Comics 252 #[nn] published July 2000
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as back cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Action Comics #252 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as Action Comics #252 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics #252 and Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 credit this cover to Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Menace of Metallo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (unnamed); Edith; Sherry Blair
First Line: Good heavens, John!
Synopsis: Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #2 published January 1960
as The Menace of Metallo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 8, panel 6 through page 9, panel 2 cut
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #217 published June 1969
as The Menace of Metallo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #15/1969 published November 1969
as Metallo - robotmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 #[nn] published April 1992
as The Menace of Metallo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Action Comics 252 #[nn] published July 2000
as The Menace of Metallo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Menace of Metallo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: A great circus clown they call Andy...
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Pages: 0.33
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Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman; Emmett Kelly
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pete; Mrs. Ellis
First Line: Goodbye, Mrs. Ellis...
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming Super-Attractions

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; Superboy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promoting the May Adventure Comics and the June issues of Jimmy Olsen and Superboy.
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Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy; Rupert; Sgt. Hallix; Gabin
First Line: Usually, the only “war” a gorilla fights is the war of survival against hostile hunters!
Synopsis: While leading an expedition through the desert, Congo Bill stops at an apparently deserted oasis. But the water has been drugged, and the expedition passes out. When they awaken they find they are prisoners inside a nearby outpost that has been taken over by renegades. Bill, who is imprisoned separately from the others, rubs his magic ring and soon Congorilla is attacking the fort and freeing the expedition.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 #[nn] published April 1992
as Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Action Comics 252 #[nn] published July 2000
as Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: I’m a pole-vaulting champ named O’Dwyer and each day I try leaping higher!
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Pages: 0.33
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters by Alvin Manuel, Edward Abramson, Bruce Barrington, Mae Rogers, Roy Steacy, Eddie Goldstein, Mal Dodson, Mona Krantz, and John McGeehan.
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The Supergirl from Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction, flashback); Miss Hart (introduction); Superboy (on a poster); Alura (unnamed, flashback)
First Line: Great guns! I seem to see a youngster flying, dressed in a super-costume!
Synopsis: Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #1 published January 1960
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #334 published March 1966
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1966 published December 1966
as Das Supergirl von Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien spesialnummer #[1967] published January 1967
as Supergirl fra Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins #2 published April 1973
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Series #19 published November 1979
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Great Superman Comic Book Collection #[nn] published January 1981
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 #[nn] published April 1992
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition #[nn] published October 1998
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as reprinted in Superman Annual #1
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Action Comics 252 #[nn] published July 2000
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] [unnamed variant] published November 2002
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: This story was not reprinted in Action Comics 288 or 314.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: A young baseball player named Paul, had a count of two strikes and a ball...
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider (photo); Clarence Ross (photo); Reg Lewis (photo); Doug Strohl (photo); Leo Robert (photo)
First Line: In 15 minutes I’ll prove you can have a rugged, virile, he-man body!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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