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Issue Details

Issue #285
Published February 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superman Presents Supergirl to the World!"

Characters Superman; Supergirl
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2

12 page Superman and Supergirl story "The World's Greatest Heroine! (Part 1)"

Characters Superman; Supergirl (O); Lex Luthor; Kandor; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Zor-El (flashback); John F. Kennedy; Fortress of Solitude; Jerro; Lenora Lemaris; Dick Malverne
Synopsis Superman reveals Supergirl to the world.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Crossover with Supergirl story "The Infinite Monster!" in this issue.
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March 1968); in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963) [one page excerpt]; in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969) [one page excerpt]; in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966) [one page excerpt]; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #17; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2

1 page Little Pete filler "untitled"

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

1 page Jerry Jitterbug filler "untitled"

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

12 page Supergirl story "The Infinite Monster! (Part 2)"

Characters Supergirl; President John F. Kennedy; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Legion of Super-Heroes; Jackie Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Fortress of Solitude; Superman; Professor Hartz; Dick Malverne; Mrs. Hart
Synopsis Supergirl stops a creature from another dimension in her first solo adventure after Superman revealed her to the world.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #360 (March 1968); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #17; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3; in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2

1 page Peg filler "untitled"

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

1 page public service announcement "Let Science Serve You!"