Action Comics #335
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Luthor's First Victory Over Superman!", Lois Lane’s rival Linda Danvers takes a shocking turn when she cheats her way to victory in the Miss Universe pageant—only to discover the real prize is a terrifying transformation into an interplanetary freak. Otto Binder and Jim Mooney deliver a bold, surreal twist on the classic beauty contest trope, with Curt Swan and Sheldon Moldoff’s iconic cover capturing the moment of high-stakes glamour and dread.
In "The Prize of Peril," Linda Danvers takes a risky shortcut to win the Miss Universe pageant, only to discover the real prize is a forced entry into a brutal interplanetary beauty contest—where victory means becoming a grotesque spectacle. The stakes rise when she unexpectedly claims the Miss Cosmos title, unaware of the horrifying transformation that awaits her.
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Reprinted in Stålmannen #8/1966 (1966), Superman Supacomic #85 (1966), Supermán #589 (1967), Superman Double Double Comics #3 (1972), The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] (1995), Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 (2018), Superman #16, Teräsmies #8/1966
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