Action Comics #285 for Sale - First Appearance of Lenora Lemaris - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #285
Publication date: February 1962
Key date: 1962-02-00
On-sale date: 1961-12-28
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lenora Lemaris - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Supergirl.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Superman Presents Supergirl to the World!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; colors: Jack Adler	Superman [Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	The World's Greatest Heroine! Part 1	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Edna Danvers, Fred Danvers, Kara Zor-El, Zor-El, Jerro, John F. Kennedy, Clark Kent, Lenora Lemaris First, Lex Luthor, Dick Malverne, Supergirl Origin, Superman
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Superman's Secret Message	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
9	[The World's Greatest Heroine!] Part 2: The Infinite Monster!	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; U. S. President John F. Kennedy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5]; Jackie Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Superman; Professor Hartz; Dick Malverne; Mrs. Hart
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
11	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
13	Let Science Serve You!	public service announcement	1

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman Annual #6	1962	On eBay ›
Action Comics #334	1966	On eBay ›
Action Comics #360	1968	On eBay ›
Superman #217	1969	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #17	1981	On eBay ›
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] ISBN 0517551004	1983	On eBay ›
Supergirl Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-0000-1	2004	On eBay ›
Superman in the Sixties #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-522-6	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1271-1	2007	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1980-2	2008	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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