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268September 1960
$0.10

Action Comics #268

DC · September 1960 · on sale 1960-07-28

First appearance: Bizarro Junior
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#268
Publication date
September 1960
Key date
1960-09-00
On-sale date
1960-07-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bizarro Junior - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superman's Battle with Hercules!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeHercules, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
2Superman's Battle with Hercules!comic story13script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeAchilles, Hercules, Zeus, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Kara Zor-El, Hermes, Superman, Aphrodite, Hephaestus
3Journey Into a Fantastic New World Beneath the Earth!promo (ad from the publisher)1Cave Carson, Christie Madison, Bulldozer Smith
6-letters page1letters: typeset
7The Mystery Supergirl!comic story13script: Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyClark Kent, Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, Perry White
8-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffOllie
9Coming... Super-Attractions!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33Bizarro Junior First

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman #2391971On eBay ›
Supergirl Archives #1
ISBN 1-56389-737-7		2001On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #2
ISBN 1-4012-1041-4; 978-1-4012-1041-0		2006On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1717-4		2008On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-4107-0		2014On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-6246-4		2016On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-7292-0		2017On eBay ›
The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn]
ISBN 0-89660-055-6		1995On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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