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Action Comics #296 (1963) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#296

DC Comics#296

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Action Comics #296

The Invasion of the Super-Ants! / The Girl Who Was Supergirl's Double!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 1963
On sale: Nov 29, 1962
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Leo Dorfman
Pencillers: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney
Inkers: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney
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Grand Comics Database issue 17424

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When giant ants invade Metropolis, Superman uses Red Kryptonite to alter his head to resemble an ant's, so that he can communicate with the ants, who have kidnapped Lois Lane. He learns that they have come to warn Earth of the dangers of atomic war, which destroyed their home world.

Henry Boltinoff, Joe Letterese

Covers

Curt Swan, George Klein

Editor

Mort Weisinger

Cover letters

Ira Schnapp

Characters

Clarissa Giltedge
Cora
Dick Malverne
Dr. Malverne
Edna Danvers
Jerry the Jitterbug
Jimmy Olsen
Lena Thorul
Lex Luthor
Lois Lane
Perry White
Super-Ants
Supergirl
Superman

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