Published: May 1959
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Story Featuring Supergirl
"Great guns! A girl, flying!"
DC Silver Age Classics Action Comics #252 and Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 credit this cover to Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.
"Good heavens, John!"
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.
Story Featuring Congorilla
"Usually, the only “war” a gorilla fights is the war of survival against hostile hunters!"
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.
"Great guns! I seem to see a youngster flying, dressed in a super-costume!"
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.
"A great circus clown they call Andy..."
Story Featuring Little Pete
"Goodbye, Mrs. Ellis..."
Promoting the May Adventure Comics and the June issues of Jimmy Olsen and Superboy.
"I’m a pole-vaulting champ named O’Dwyer and each day I try leaping higher!"
Letter Column Featuring Metropolis Mailbag
Letters by Alvin Manuel, Edward Abramson, Bruce Barrington, Mae Rogers, Roy Steacy, Eddie Goldstein, Mal Dodson, Mona Krantz, and John McGeehan.
"A young baseball player named Paul, had a count of two strikes and a ball..."
Back cover.
"In 15 minutes I’ll prove you can have a rugged, virile, he-man body!"
Inside back cover.
"Do you want spending money?"
"Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!"
Inside front cover.
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