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Action Comics #254

DC · Series began 1938 · July 1959

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Dates

Cover date: July 1959
On sale: May 28, 1959
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Sherman, Jim Mooneyinks: Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Sherman, Jim Mooneyscript: Jack Schiff, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoffletters: Gaspar Saladino, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The Battle with Bizarro! · 11.67 pages
Luthor steals Professor Dalton's duplicating machine and creates an adult Bizarro to menace Superman, but this Bizarro turns on its creator, hands him over to the authorities, and attempts to help Superman. When the people he has helped react in horror to him, Bizarro gets depressed. He misinterprets Lois' sympathy to his plight for true affection and takes her to a remote island. But when she rejects him, he turns the duplicator ray on himself and creates a handsome bizarro duplicate, whom Lois mistakes for the real Superman.
Congorilla Goes Wild! · 5.67 pages
A thief steals Congo Bill's ring and uses it to switch minds with Congorilla.
Janie · 0.67 pages
Supergirl's Foster Parents! · 7.67 pages
Supergirl is adopted by a couple that turn out to be snake-oil salesmen.

Reprinted in

Superman (1947), 80 Page Giant Magazine (1964), Supergirl Archives (2001), Superman in the Fifties (2002), Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (2004), Showcase Presents: Superman (2005), Showcase Presents: Supergirl (2007), Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (2016), Supergirl: The Silver Age (2017), Superman in the Fifties (2021), DC Finest: Supergirl: The Girl of Steel (2025)