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Comic Title: Action Comics #264
Publisher: DC
(National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1960
On Sale Date:
March 31, 1960 Newsstand Date March 31, 1960
Source: House Ad, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #17, Page 21
Copyright Date March 31, 1960
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1960
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger
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Title: "The Superman Bizarro"
Pages: 13
Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye
Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 2 TPB (2006)
Superman:The Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 3 HC (2014)
Feature Character(s)
- Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #263; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #29)
Supporting Character(s)
- Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #263; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #17)
Villain(s)
- Bizarro (last appearance in Action Comics #263; next appearance in Superman #140)
Other Character(s)
- Bizarro Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #263; next appearance in Superman #140)
- Various inhabitants of Bizarro World (no further appearances)
Cameo Appearance(s)
- Perry White (as characters in Superman’s dream)
- Jimmy Olsen (as characters in Superman’s dream)
Comments:
This story is continued from the first story of Action Comics #263.
Synopsis:
Having been sent to prison on Bizarro World for repairing some building and breaking the Bizarro Code, Superman awaits his punishment, being turned into a Bizarro. He is granted a reprieve for a week, during which time he dreams that his appearance has been altered, and he returns to Earth as a Bizarro. Initially he is able to hide his disfigurement, but his disguise is eventually exposed. His friends on Earth believe he is really Bizarro and that he killed Superman.
After he awakens from the dream, Superman participates in a arena style tournament with some other Bizarro prisoners. He wins the tournament and is rewarded by having his punishment date moved up. Just before the Bizarro-ray is to be used on him, Superman points out that the Bizarro World is round and therefore all Bizarros have broken their own code. With this observation, Superman is pardoned, and he changes the shape of the planet into a cube. He then returns to Earth, happy that he has maintained his normal appearance.
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