Cover: Curt Swan & George Klein

Action Comics #331

Dec 1965 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“Clark Kent's Masquerade as Superman!”

In "Clark Kent's Masquerade as Superman!", Lois Lane orchestrates a prank by arranging a fake newspaper with a headline exposing Superman’s secret identity—only for the joke to accidentally become real when the paper gets printed for real. With Perry White and Lois now urging Clark to play along as a publicity stunt, the Daily Planet’s mild-mannered reporter finds himself caught in a high-stakes charade he never signed up for. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Al Plastino, with a cover by Curt Swan and George Klein, this 1965 classic blends humor and suspense in a story where truth and fiction blur.

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writer Otto Binder · artist, inker Al Plastino · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Curt Swan, George Klein

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Full credits

writer Otto Binder

artist, inker Al Plastino

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks George Klein

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Lois arranges one copy of a fake newspaper with a headline revealing Superman's secret identity, but when it accidentally gets printed as the real thing, Perry and Lois want Clark to pretend to really be Superman as a publicity stunt.

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