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Issue: DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics 252 #[nn]
Publication Date: April 1992
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/20/1992
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098931145905
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Kahan; Mort Weisinger (original)
Disclose Notes: This is one of 10 issues under the banner "DC Silver Age Classics." They reprinted classic comics of the Silver Age. They had no numbers or publication dates in the indicia.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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The Supergirl from Krypton!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ? (original); Matt Webb (reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Supergirl
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #252 published May 1959
was The Supergirl from Krypton! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The price has been removed from the original, and the number got moved next to the month (should be underneath).

Credits are from this reprint. Other sources credit the art to Curt Swan and Al Plastino.
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The Menace of Metallo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ? (original); Matt Webb (reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #252 published May 1959
was The Menace of Metallo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Congo Bill Dies at Dawn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ? (original); Matt Webb (reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Feature(s): Congorilla
Character(s): Congo Bill; Congorilla; Sir Rupert; Corporal Gabin
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.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #252 published May 1959
was Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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The Supergirl from Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ? (original); Matt Webb (reconstruction)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, first appearance, origin); Zor-El (introduction, flashback); Alura (introduction, flashback); Miss Hart (introduction); Superboy (on a poster)
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.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #252 published May 1959
was The Supergirl from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Action Comics #252

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kim "Howard" Johnson
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Classic Comments
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Some perspective on Supergirl the character, and Action Comics #252 in particular.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Silver Age Fun Facts to Know and Tell!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.33
Disclose Notes: Fun facts about the Silver Age, scattered throughout the issue in 1/3 page chunks (four of them).

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