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Action Comics #314

DC · Series began 1938 · July 1964

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Dates

Cover date: July 1964
On sale: May 28, 1964
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoffinks: Sheldon Moldoff, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, George Klein, Stan Kayeletters: Joe Letterese, Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnappscript: Edmond Hamilton, Mort Weisinger, Henry Boltinoff, Leo Dorfman

Stories

The Day Superman Became the Flash! · 13.67 pages
Aquaman discovers and delivers to Supermen a video recording of Jor-El that tells about several computer predictions he once commissioned to help him choose where to send his son's rocket after the destruction of Krypton. Superman watches it with his Justice League friends and learns that on each of the other possible worlds where his father might have sent him, be becomes a hero just like one of the other Leaguers.
Supergirl's Tragic Ordeal! · 10.67 pages
Now living in Kandor, Supergirl's mother Allura suffers a health crisis because she misses Kara so deeply. Supergirl's adopted parents Fred and Edna Danvers agree to trade places with Zor-El and Allura -- they will live permanently in Kandor so that the Kryptonian family can be reunited on Earth.

Reprinted in

The Best of DC (1979), Showcase Presents: Supergirl (2007), Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (2016)