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323April 1965
$0.12

Action Comics #323

DC · April 1965 · on sale 1965-02-25

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Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#323
Publication date
April 1965
Key date
1965-04-00
On-sale date
1965-02-25
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Clark Kent in the Big House!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Joe LettereseClark Kent [Superman]; Warden Bancroft
2Clark Kent in the Big House!comic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Joe LettereseSuperman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Larceny "Luke" Damon; Warden Bancroft; Governor Benton; "Blacky" Blake; "Big Monk" Flint
4-letters page0.67script: Mort Weisinger
5Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6Hamid the Hypnotistcomic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffHamid
8The Kryptonian Killer!comic story12.67script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: David HuffineSupergirl; Sisterhood of Evil [Queen Ravenne; Lucrezia Borgia; Mata Hari; Lady Macbeth; Ran-Kor]; Comet the Super-Horse; Beppo; Krypto; Streaky the Super-Cat; Py-Ron [Evil-Man] (introduction, temporarily released from the Phantom Zone); Superman; Circe; Lex Luthor (image); Brainiac (image)
9-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
12Are You a Silent Witness?public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
1310 Issues of Superman for Only $1.00promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 6.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-7861-8
2018On 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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