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Action Comics 242 (Facsimile Edition) #[nn] (2026) · The Collector

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Action Comics 242 (Facsimile Edition) (2026)
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Action Comics 242 (Facsimile Edition)

Action Comics 242 (Facsimile Edition) #[nn]

The Super-Duel in Space / The Traffic Cop of 2058, A.D. / Safari from Space!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: May 2026
On sale: Mar 11, 2026
Cover price: $3.99
Pages: 36
Rating: Ages 13+

Key issue

1st appearance of Brainiac

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While on an experimental rocket, Clark & Lois encounter the alien Brainiac, who plans to shrink & bottle great cities of Earth & use them to repopulate his planet. Superman gets inside Brainiac’s ship when the villain takes Metropolis & there finds a bottle with a Kryptonian city (which in later issues will be named Kandor). He enters the bottle and with the help of a scientist restores the cities of Earth while Brainiac lies in suspended animation for his trip home. Because there is not enough power to restore the Kryptonian city, Superman places it in his Fortress, as Brainiac rockets away.

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Credits

Writers: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff
Pencillers: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Howard Sherman
Inkers: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Howard Sherman
Letterer: Henry Boltinoff
Covers: Curt Swan, Stan Kaye
Editor: Whitney Ellsworth
Assistant editors: Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Managing editor: Jack Schiff

Characters

Brainiac· 1st appearance
Clark Kent
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
Congo Bill
Janu
Jonathan Kent
Lois Lane
Martha Kent
Miss Muffin
Pete
Superboy
Superman

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