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Action Comics#272
Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye
Action Comics #272
“Superman's Rival, Mental Man!”
writer Otto Binder · artist Jim Mooney · inker Jim Mooney · letterer Milt Snapinn · cover Curt SwanStan Kaye
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Full credits
writer Otto Binder
artist Jim Mooney
inker Jim Mooney
letterer Milt Snapinn
cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye
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Supergirl travels to an Earth-like world to use her super-powers publicly to prove to Superman that she is ready to be revealed to the real world. On this world she discovers Marvel Maid, who has powers like Supergirl but is able to act freely, and Marvel Man who has powers like Superman but must hide his abilities.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).