Action Comics #298 Values

Publisher: DC, 1963

About Action Comics #298

Featuring Superman. Legion of Super-Heroes cameo. Lex Luthor cover and story. Curt Swan cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!

Characters: Lex Luthor

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Clark Kent, Coward!

Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Queen Lura; Prince Yikar; Lana Lang; Professor Lang

Synopsis: A hot air balloon accident in the mountains strands Clark, Lois, and Jimmy in the hidden city of Mystri-Lor, where the queen decides she wants Clark as a husband.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Leo Dorfman

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: George Klein

Reprints: Superman (DC, 1939 series) #278 (August 1974)

Characters: Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]

Pages: 1.000

Script: Mort Weisinger

Pencils: Curt Swan (logo illustration)

Inks: Stan Kaye (logo illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Letters from readers - Lewis Zimmerman, Paul Martin, David Griese, Alan Hanson, Alicia Ann O'Connor, Joe Shaw, Gloria S. Findley and Stephen Silvia.

Title: The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!

Characters: Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Lex Luthor; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo)]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman Robots; Lori Lemaris (cameo); Lena Thorul; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Kru-El; General Zod; Jax-Ur]

Synopsis: Luthor teams up with the escaped Phantom Zone villains, who give him super-powers, but they eventually turn on him and try to expose him, Supergirl, and Superman to Gold Kryptonite. In the end, Luthor helps to defeat the villains and then surrenders so that Superman can save his sister Lena from being trapped in Kandor.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Leo Dorfman

Pencils: Jim Mooney (signed)

Inks: Jim Mooney (signed)

Letters: Milt Snapinn

Reprints: Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-24 (May-June 1971)

Notes: story continued from previous issue

Title: Safety First -- All Year!

Synopsis: Johnny discovers the hazards of leaving things lying around the home.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	4	0	5	8	3	7	5	3	11	9	6	3	0	0	0	69
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	4	0	5	8	3	8	5	3	12	9	6	3	0	0	0	71

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