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Issue Details

Issue #276
Published May 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The War Between Supergirl and the Superman Emergency Squad!"

Characters Superman; Supergirl
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

14 page Superman story "The War Between Supergirl and the Supermen Emergency Squad!"

Characters Superman; Supergirl (guest star); Green Kryptonite; Kandor; The Supermen Emergency Squad; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude; The Anti-Superman Gang (villains); John Kiley
Synopsis John Kiley tricks Superman into revealing he's Clark Kent. After trapping Clark Kent with Kryptonite, Supergirl and the Superman Emergency Squad spring into action.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes crossover with Supergirl
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #373 (March 1969); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Varsity Vic filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Little Pete filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

12 page Supergirl story "Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends!"

Characters Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl (intro); Triplicate Girl (intro, later Duo Damsel); Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet (intro), Bouncing Boy (intro), Sun Boy (intro), Brainiac 5 (intro)]; Brainiac (flashback); Kandor (flashback); Superman (flashback); Green Kryptonite; Lori Lemaris; Jerro; Krypto
Synopsis Supergirl and Brainiac 5 join the Legion.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147 (June 1968); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #493 (November 1982); in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1