Attention everyone! I Luthor, have now become super! Just as I am destroying this statue, I will soon destroy Superman himself. 
Action Comics #298 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1963.
Synopsis for Superman: "Clark Kent, Coward!"
Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are blown in a balloon gondola into the remote kingdom of Mistri-Lor, where Queen Lura falls in love with Clark and wishes to marry him. Clark's bumbling and cowardice only serves to further endear him to her.
Appearing in Superman: "Clark Kent, Coward!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Balloon Gang (Mentioned only)
- Prince Vikar (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Queen Lura of Mistri-Lor (Single appearance)
- Lana Lang
- Professor Lewis Lang
Locations:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Mistri-Lor (Single appearance)
- Fortress of Solitude
- Unnamed Desert
Items:
- Grappling Hook
- Green Kryptonite (Hoax)
- Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch
- Metal Bird
- Power-Rangs (Exploding Boomerangs)
- Tiger
Vehicles:
- Hydrogen-filled Balloon
- Jeep
Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!"
The warden of Metropolis prison refuses to believe Lex Luthor when he says that Supergirl wants him as an ally, so Luthor throws in with the Phantom Zone villains. Kru-El gives Luthor super-powers with a ray device, and, later, demonstrates a mind-over-matter helmet to him.
The Zoners, in a private conversation, plan to use Luthor to construct a magnet that will attract Gold Kryptonite to permanently remove Superman's and Supergirl's powers, but they also intend to strip away Luthor's new super-powers as well when they have it. Unknown to them, however, Luthor is listening with his super-hearing, and, once Kru-El drops the force-field so as to lure Superman into their trap, he switches sides again by using a fake Gold K meteor.
Supergirl, Superman, and Luthor triumph, send the Kryptonian villains back to the Phantom Zone, destroy the weapons (and thus remove Luthor's powers and Supergirl's plant scourge), release Lena Thorul from Kandor, and return Luthor to prison.
Appearing in Supergirl: "The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Lex Luthor (Non-villainous role in this story)
- Prison warden
Locations:
Items:
- Gold Kryptonite (Hoax)
- Kryptonian Weaponry Cache (Destroyed)
- Mind-Over-Matter Machine
- Time Reversal Ray
- Phantom Zone Projector
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