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Action Comics#247
Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Action Comics #247

Dec 1958 · DC · 0.10 USD
“Superman's Lost Parents!”

Ma and Pa Kent seemingly arrive in the present in a time bubble, and Superman is so happy to see them that he shows them all the secrets of his adult life. But Ma and Pa turn out to be con artists who blackmail Superman with the knowledge of his double identity secret.

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writer Otto Binder · artist Al Plastino · inker Al Plastino · cover Curt SwanStan Kaye

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cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye

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Ma and Pa Kent seemingly arrive in the present in a time bubble, and Superman is so happy to see them that he shows them all the secrets of his adult life. But Ma and Pa turn out to be con artists who blackmail Superman with the knowledge of his double identity secret.

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