Issue Details

Issue	#290
Published	July 1962
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Half a Superman!"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan; Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois Lane figure touch-up)
Inks	George Klein
Notes	Kurt Schaffenberger Lois Lane touch-up pencil credit from Robert Cooley (May 13, 2005).
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

12 page Superman story "Half A Superman!"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Krypto; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Red Kryptonite
Synopsis	Red Kryptonite causes Superman's left side, and Krypto's right side, to become vulnerable.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #3

1 page Shorty filler

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

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

13 page Supergirl story "Supergirl's Super Boy-Friends!"

Characters	Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy (figurine); Saturn Girl (figurine); Lightning Lad (figurine) (all as the Legion of Super-Heroes); Supergirl; Jerro; Dick Malverne; Kandor; Fortress of Solitude; Red Kryptonite; Edna Danvers; Lori Lemaris; The Supergirl Emergency Squad (intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March 1967); in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2