Issue Details

Issue	#258
Published	November 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Supergirl's Farewell to Earth!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "New Stars For Old Glory"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily

12 page Superman story "The Menace of the Cosmic Man"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Cosmic Man; Perry White; Lois Lane; General Malvio; President Raulis of Borkia
Synopsis	General Malvio creates a robot superhero so that he can use him to assasinate the President of Borkia.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Superman (Signet Books, 1966 series) #D2966 (May 1966); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

1 page Tricksy filler "untitled"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Congorilla story "Congorilla Goes to War"

Characters	Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy; Col. Duval
Synopsis	Congorilla protects a daffy ex-Foreign Legion officer who thinks his pets are still his troops.
Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

Half page Peg filler "untitled"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page letters page "Metropolis Mailbag"

Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	typeset

8 page Supergirl story "Supergirl's Farewell to Earth!"

Characters	Supergirl; Krypto; Superman
Synopsis	Superman punishes Supergirl for revealing her existence to Krypto. But Supergirl discovers a secret about Superman all by herself.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #373 (March 1969); in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1