Action Comics, #332

Published: January 1966

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Action Comics #332

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Issue Contents:
How Superwoman Trained Superboy!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superwoman
  • Superboy
  • Invisibles
Credits
The Magic Card!
Story 1 1 page advocacy
Storyline

A group of kids discover the library.

Story Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated February 1959.

The Super-Vengeance of Lex Luthor!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Luthor escapes from his asteroid prison and seeks revenge on Superman, because Superman has revealed to Lex's wife Ardora that Luthor is a criminal.

Characters
Credits
Story 3 1 page superhero

"They're old! They're worth gold! Now at last they're re-told!"

Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 [80 Page Giant #G-18]

The Beginning -- and the End!
Story 4 0 pages superhero
Story Notes

house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #347, on sale November 25

Story 5 1 page humor

"I'd like a model plane!"

How Superwoman Trained Superboy!
Story 6 12 pages superhero
Storyline

On Krypton, Zor-El discovers that the planet is doomed, and he and his family travel to Earth, where they gain super-powers. Not long after, Gold Kryptonite takes away the powers of Zor-El and Allura, and they train their young daughter Kara to grow into a super-heroine. Years later, after Zor-El and Allura die, Kara's cousin Kal-El arrives on Earth from Argo City, and she gives him a secret identity so that he can secretly train to use his new super-powers.

Characters
  • Superwoman [also appears as Carole Zorelle]
  • Superboy [also appears as Cal Ellis]
  • Zor-El
  • Allura
  • Jor-El
  • Lara (cameo)
  • Lex Luthor (cameo)
  • Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
  • Dick Wilson
  • the Invisibles
Credits
Story Notes

Imaginary story, continues in next issue.

The Demon Under the Red Sun!
Story 7 1 page superhero
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #184, on sale December 16

They're Off and Running!
Story 8 0 pages superhero
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale November 18

Story 9 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Howard Berger, Julie McLaughlin, Bill Thom, Greg Cole, Pat Grey, Bob Hocutt, Martin Walsh, Karina Boardman, and William Sellers. Letterhack Howard Berger coins the phrase "Brand I" in retaliation to Marvel Comics' description of DC as "Brand Ecch".