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Issue: Action Comics #298
Publication Date: March 1963
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Issues: #298 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/31/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

© 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
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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
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The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lex Luthor
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First Line: Fill the gaps in your family's education...
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Clark Kent, Coward!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Queen Lura; Prince Yikar; Lana Lang; Professor Lang
Synopsis: A hot air balloon accident in the mountains strands Clark, Lois, and Jimmy in the hidden city of Mystri-Lor, where the queen decides she wants Clark as a husband.
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In Issue: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #4 published November 2008
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #278 published August 1974
as Clark Kent, Coward! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Missle Attack!

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Character(s): Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Lewis Zimmerman, Paul Martin, David Griese, Alan Hanson, Alicia Ann O'Connor, Joe Shaw, Gloria S. Findley, and Stephen Silvia.
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First Line: Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Peg; Peg's father; Alan
First Line: Dad, when my date comes will you let him in?
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Coming... super-attractions!
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Disclose Notes: Promotions for Superboy, Lois Lane, and Adventure Comics.
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The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Lex Luthor; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo)]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman Robots; Lori Lemaris (cameo); Lena Thorul; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Kru-El; General Zod; Jax-Ur]
Synopsis: Luthor teams up with the escaped Phantom Zone villains, who give him super-powers, but they eventually turn on him and try to expose him, Supergirl, and Superman to Gold Kryptonite. In the end, Luthor helps to defeat the villains and then surrenders so that Superman can save his sister Lena from being trapped in Kandor.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper DC Giant #S-24 published May 1971
as The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #2 published February 2008
as The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: story continued from previous issue
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Safety First -- All Year!

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Genres: informational, opinion
Synopsis: Johnny discovers the hazards of leaving things lying around the home.
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Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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104 Kings' Knights

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147 Famous Automobiles

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100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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First Line: Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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