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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