Action Comics, #284
Published: January 1962
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Issue Contents:
The Babe of Steel!
Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Treasure Chest of Fun
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Babe of Steel!
Storyline
Superman uses red kryptonite to become baby-sized in order to get through a hole in the Phantom Zone that threatens to become larger.
Characters
- Superman
- Madame Olga
- Perry White
- Mon-El
- Supergirl
- Krypto
- Superboy (flashback)
- Phantom Zone inhabitants [Professor Vakox (intro)
- Jax-Ur
- Dr. Xadu (flashback)
- three unnamed prisoners]
Credits
- Script: Robert Bernstein
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Story Notes
Note 1: Previous inking credit of Shelly Moldoff changed based on credits from Bob Bailey and others on chat list. Note 2: Previous issue also contained Superman and Supergirl stories containing Red Kryptonite. (Noted by Bob Bailey) Note 3: 2nd appearance of Mon-El
"Hello, Sonny! Rushing to your violin lesson?"
Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"208 different world-wide stamps..."
Credits
- Script: Mort Weisinger
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Letters submitted by Douglas McNevin, Steve Scott, Roger Payne, E. Nelson Bridwell, Connie Deckert, Alfred Stabile, and David X. Minnow.
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!
Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4
"Now Tricksy will do a great feat."
Characters
- Tricksy
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"TVQFSHJSM XJMM QPTJUJWFMZ..."
Story Notes
Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Mercury No. 1). Decoded message reads: "Supergirl will positively be revealed to the world in the next Action Comics."
The Strange Bodies of Supergirl!
Storyline
Supergirl deals with the effects of three Red Kryptonite meteors, the last of which turns her into a mermaid. She visits Atlantis, where Jerro proposes to her, but neither of them realizes that Lori's sister Lenora is also in love with Jerro.
Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Danvers]
- Krypto
- Jerro
- Lenora Lemaris
- Lori Lemaris
- Superman
- Fred Danvers
- Edna Danvers
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
Story Notes
Story continued from Action Comics #283.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Featuring Superman; Adventure Comics; Superboy
Another Giant Batman Collection!
Characters
- Batman
- Robin
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Pencils: Dick Sprang
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Charles Paris
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2
"Reward $2,000.00 for this coin!"
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
Story Notes
Sold by Josely Co.
"How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
"Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B gun"
Story Notes
Sold by Daisy Manufacturing Company. Back cover.