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Publisher: DC

Title: Action Comics
Issue: 252
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: May 1959
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Action Comics 252
Owner: Khyron21

1135
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Action Comics 252 (1st supergirl)
Owner: changerchanger

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5.5
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Action Comics #252
Owner: Harley Troy

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Action Comics 252
Owner: changerchanger

273
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4.0
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Action Comics 252 (1st Supergirl)
Owner: changerchanger

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Action Comics #252
Owner: Badger

565
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Inside This Issue:

Detailed information about the issue is listed below.

Story Title: The Supergirl from Krypton! - cover
Features:Superman
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wilson Chemical Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Menace of Metallo! - comic story
Features:Superman
Pages:12.67
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman; Lois Lane; Metallo [John Corben] (intro, villain); Professor Vale; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen (unnamed)
Synopsis:Criminal John Corben, who is nearly killed in an auto accident, is given a robot body powered by uranium. When he is hit by bullets meant for Lois, she assumes he is really Superman. Recognizing a good idea, Corben impersonates Superman to collect more uranium. Running out of sources of uranium, Corben learns that he can also be powered by kryptonite. But he doesn't realize that the kryptonite he steals is fake, prop kryptonite and collapses.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Tootsie Roll
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros Circus at Palisades Amusement Park - advertisement
Features:Palisades Amusement Park
Pages:1
Characters:Superman; Emmett Kelly


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:0.67
Genre:humor


Story Title: Coming Super-Attractions - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; Superboy
Pages:0.33


Story Title: Congo Bill Dies at Dawn! - comic story
Pages:5.67
Genre:jungle; superhero
Characters:Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy
Synopsis:While leading an expedition through the desert, Congo Bill stops at an apparently deserted oasis. But the water has been drugged, and the expedition passes out. When they awaken they find they are prisoners inside a nearby outpost that has been taken over by renegades. Bill, who is imprisoned separately from the others, rubs his magic ring and soon Congorilla is attacking the fort and freeing the expedition.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Tootsie Roll Pop
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Supergirl from Krypton! - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:superhero
Characters:Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (introduction, origin); Zor-El (introduction, flashback); Miss Hart (introduction); Superboy (on a poster)
Synopsis:Superman spies a crashing rocket and discovers his cousin Supergirl. She tells him how Argo City survived the destruction of Krypton and how her father sent her to Earth when the inhabitants of Argo City were threatened by Kryptonite poisoning. Superman sets her up in Midvale Orphanage so she can adjust to life on Earth.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Tootsie Roll Fudge
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Garcelon Stamp Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Stephens Credit Sales
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Joe Weider
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Junior Sales Club of America
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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