Cover: Curt Swan & George Klein

Action Comics #299

Apr 1963 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“The Story of Superman's Experimental Robots!”

A delightful slice of early-1960s DC imagination, this issue of Action Comics features a cover penciled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein that captures a cheerful, chaotic scene: a tiny Superbaby soaring through the air while playfully carrying a toy airplane, much to the delight of small children around him, as a bewildered couple looks on from a doorway with a grown Superman standing nearby. The cover teases the featured Supergirl story, "The Fantastic Secret of Superbaby II," alongside the main tale of Superman's experimental robots. At just 12 cents in 1963, this issue packs a lot of wholesome super-powered fun into its pages, with interior work from writer Leo Dorfman and artist Jim Mooney.

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writer Leo Dorfman · artist, inker Jim Mooney · letterer Milt Snapinn · cover Curt Swan, George Klein

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Full credits

writer Leo Dorfman

artist, inker Jim Mooney

letterer Milt Snapinn

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks George Klein

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Supergirl is puzzled when a super-powered baby boy is brought to the Midvale Orphanage by a couple who look like the Kents. All is resolved when she learns it is an audition for a Kandorian mento-movie about Superman's life.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).