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Cover: Curt Swan & George Klein

Action Comics #285

Feb 1962 · DC · 0.12 USD

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Contains 5 stories

The World's Greatest Heroine! Part 1

12 pp · Superhero

Untitled Humor story

0.67 pp · Humor

Untitled Humor story

0.5 pp · Humor

[The World's Greatest Heroine!] Part 2: The Infinite Monster!

12 pp · Superhero

Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]U. S. President John F. KennedyLegion of Super-Heroes [Lightning LadCosmic BoySaturn GirlBrainiac 5]Jackie KennedyLyndon B. JohnsonSupermanProfessor HartzDick MalverneMrs. Hart

Untitled Humor story

0.67 pp · Humor

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VG) $59

CGC 9.6 · 3 in census $3,208

CGC 9.4 · 9 in census $1,796

CGC 9.2 · 17 in census $706

CGC 9.0 · 12 in census $464

CGC 8.5 · 29 in census $432

CGC 8.0 · 31 in census $302

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CGC 7.5 · 34 in census $250

CGC 7.0 · 31 in census $206

CGC 6.5 · 46 in census $184

CGC 6.0 · 21 in census $184

CGC 5.5 · 22 in census $114

CGC 5.0 · 19 in census $114

CGC 4.5 · 21 in census $99

CGC 4.0 · 23 in census $79

CGC 3.5 · 14 in census $79*

CGC 3.0 · 10 in census $63*

CGC 2.5 · 5 in census $54

CGC 2.0 none in existence

CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $34*

CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $28*

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VERY GOOD $6.49 VG $60 GD $67 VG+ $74.95 VG $84 FN $96 FN $100 CGC 3.5 $120.65

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Cast · 10 characters

Dick Malverne Edna Danvers Fred Danvers Jerro John F. Kennedy Lenora Lemaris Lex Luthor Supergirl Superman Zor-El

Full credits

writer Jerry Siegel

artist, inker Jim Mooney

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks George Klein

Reprints

↩ Reprints A Date with Judy #24 (1951), Buzzy #74 (1956)

Reprinted in Superman Annual #6 (1962), Action Comics #334 (1966), Superman #4/1966 (1966), Action Comics #360 (1968), Superman #217 (1969), Star Album (Supermoça) #13 (1969), The Best of DC #17 (1981), Wundergirl #13/1981 (1981), Wundergirl #1/1982 (1982), Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] (1983), Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] (1995), Superman in the Sixties #[nn] (1999), Great American Comic Books #[nn] (2001), Supergirl Archives #2 (2004), Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] (2006), Showcase Presents: Superman #3 (2007), Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 (2008), Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2016), Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition #[nn] (2018), Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018), DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel #[nn] (2025)

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#1 1st appearance — Clark Kent

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#252 1st appearance — Kara Zor-El

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#276 1st appearance — Brainiac 5

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#267 1st appearance — Gim Allon

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#241 1st appearance — Fortress of Solitude

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#23 1st appearance — Lex Luthor

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#242 1st appearance — Brainiac

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#340 1st appearance — Parasite

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