Action Comics, #305
Published: October 1963
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Issue Contents:
Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!
Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Play It Safe!
Storyline
a day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service")
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Why Superman Needs a Secret Identity!
Storyline
As Clark Kent is faced with a choice between saving his friends and protecting his secret identity, the reader is shown three different scenarios explaining why Superman needs to preserve that secret.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Jimmy Olsen
- Perry White
- Lex Luthor (villain)
- Lana Lang
- Superboy
- Martha Kent
- Jonathan Kent
- Chief Parker
- Superman Robots
- Lois Lane
- Ed Lacy (villain)
- Benny the Blaster (villain)
Credits
- Script: Leo Dorfman
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
Story Notes
imaginary stories within a framing story
Try a Tongue Teaser!
"Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."
Credits
- Script: Mort Weisinger
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Letters submitted by Gregory Feldman, Curtis Roemer, Louis B. Cohen, Gerald Leroux, Lana Fuller, and Otto Grange.
"Fight global air battles with planes of all nations"
207 Stamps
"The flashiest news of the year... a giant Flash Annual!"
Credits
- Pencils: Carmine Infantino
- Inks: Joe Kubert
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1
"Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"
The Girl Who Hated Supergirl!
Storyline
Karen Blair hates Supergirl because she believes that the rocket that brought Supergirl to Earth caused an accident that killed her father and crippled her brother. Supergirl is finally able to prove that she was not responsible.
Characters
- Supergirl [Linda Danvers]
- Karen Blair
- Dick Malverne
- Edna Danvers
- Bill Blair
- Zor-El (flashback)
- Allura (flashback)
- Superman (flashback)
- Dr. Blair (flashback)
Credits
- Script: Leo Dorfman
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: Jim Mooney
- Inks: John Forte
Story Notes
John Forte added as artist/inker of some panels by Jim Walker. Establishes the date of Supergirl's arrival on Earth as May 18th.
"For party fun! Game of the month!"
"Ah - My super-vision sees a man in distress out in the desert!"
Storyline
Super-Turtle spots a man in distress out in the desert. He builds a long pipeline to bring water to him.
Characters
- Super-Turtle
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superboy; Adventure Comics
"Coming... super-attractions!"
Blast Off
Story Notes
Sold by Five Star Toys.
Task Force
Story Notes
Sold by Helen of Toy.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
Story Notes
Sold by Josely Co.
104 Kings' Knights
"Boys, girls, men, women..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.