Issue Details

Issue	#263
Published	April 1960
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The World of Bizarros!"

Characters	Superman; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

13 page Superman story "The World of Bizarros!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois; Bizarro World (intro); Bizarro Code (intro); Kryptonite; Clark Kent Robot (Cameo); Lois Lane (Cameo)
Synopsis	Bizarro and Bizarro-Lois move to another world which Bizarro populates with a duplicator ray. Superman visits and discovers Bizarros do everything backwards. Superman is sent to prison for violating the Bizarro code.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	The original Bizarros wear big medallions around their necks indicating they are "#1". Continued next issue. Story continues next issue.
Reprinted	In Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #2

Half page Little Pete filler ["If you boys win the game, I'll buy you all a soda."

Genre	children; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page TV Laffs filler

Genre	humor
Script	Harry Lampert?
Pencils	Harry Lampert?
Inks	Harry Lampert?
Letters	Harry Lampert?

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	typeset

12 page Supergirl story "Supergirl's Darkest Day!"

Characters	Supergirl; Johnny Blank (Valzorr); Zoxxo
Synopsis	Supergirl rescues a boy with amnesia found lost at sea. He stays at the orphanage until Linda can figure out where he's really from.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Notes	Supergirl wears red skirt.
Reprinted	in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #347 (March 1967); in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Varsity Vic filler "My lecture today will be on sleep."

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Aloha...Hawaii!"

Characters	Senator Hiram L. Fong; Senator Oren E. Long; Rep. Daniel K. Inouye
Synopsis	A celebration of Brotherhood Week and Hawaii as our 50th state.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp