- The Gold! Bah! You fool! The Gold was to be a symbol of my conquest of Superman -- but now it's not that anymore! Now the Gold can only remind me of my defeat! I'm going to give the Gold back!
Action Comics #277 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1961.
Synopsis for Superman: "The Conquest of Superman"
An emergency erupts while Superman is off-planet. Having nowhere else to turn, the authorities free Lex Luthor from prison so he might aid them in preventing an airplane carrying a hydrogen bomb from crashing. Luthor uses anti-gravity equipment to save the plane, but then turns it on the police so that they cannot return him to prison.
Afterwards, he returns to his hideout in the museum, which he has christened, "Luthor's Lair" to plan his next scheme against Superman. Luthor uses his weird technology to rob the federal gold reserve from Fort Knox. Superman arrives on the scene, but Luthor scares him off with a cage of Kryptonite. Back at his lair, Luthor laughs over the fact that the Kryptonite he used was fake. But his victory is short lived however, as he discovers that the foe he defeated was actually one of Superman's robots. Enraged over the hollow victory, Lex returns all of the gold to Fort Knox.
Appearing in Superman: "The Conquest of Superman"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Olsen (In dream sequence only)
- Lois Lane
- Perry White (In dream sequence only)
Antagonists:
- Lex Luthor
- Luthor's Hall of Heroes
- Al Capone (Statue only)
- Atilla the Hun (Statue only)
- Captain Kidd (Statue only)
- Genghis Khan (Statue only)
- Julius Caesar (Statue only)
- Lex Luthor (Statue only)
- Luthor's Henchmen
- Brainiac (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Fortress of Solitude
- Kandor City (Mentioned only)
- Kentucky
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet (In dream sequence only)
- Metropolis Museum
- Luthor's Lair I (First appearance as Luthor's Lair)
Items:
- Superman Robot
- Kryptonite
- Blue Kryptonite (Hoax)
- Green Kryptonite (Hoax)
- Red Kryptonite (Hoax)
- White Kryptonite (Hoax)
- Yellow Kryptonite (Nonexistent variety created as a hoax)
- Aerotrucks (Truck/Aeroplane hybird)
- Anti-Gravity Ray
- Fourth Dimensional Arm
- Gold Bullion
- Hydrogen Bomb
- Brainiac's Shrinking Ray
Vehicles:
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- 1961 Chevy Convertible
- Luthor's War Tractor
Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Battle of the Super-Pets!"
Krypto helps to protect Supergirl's civilian identity of Linda Lee, by preventing a prospective couple from adopting her from the Midvale Orphanage. As such, Supergirl shows favor to Krypto – a gesture that incurs the wrath of her cat, Streaky. Streaky attacks Krypto in a fit of rage. Superman arrives and Supergirl and he have to pull the two animals apart.
To settle the dispute, they decide to hold a series of contests between the two pets. Supergirl takes the animals to a far-distant planet and has them challenge each other to various games. But what Supergirl doesn't realize is that this planet is one of the worlds frequently used by Mister Mxyzptlk for his various pranks. As such, the two animals fall prey to various left-behind toys. Supergirl falls into a Kryptonite trap and Krypto and Streaky help her to escape.
As they decide to leave the planet, Beppo the Super-Monkey arrives to accompany them on the journey back to Earth.
Appearing in Supergirl: "The Battle of the Super-Pets!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- The Mayor of Metropolis
- The Interplanetary Multi-Dimensional Practical Jokers Club (Single appearance)
- Mister Mxyzptlk (In a photograph only)
- Mr. & Mrs. Morgan (Single appearance)
- Mr. Galloway (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
Notes
- The Conquest of Superman! is reprinted in Lex Luthor: A Celebration of 75 Years.
- The Battle of the Super-Pets is reprinted in The Supergirl Archives Vol. 2.
- This issue includes a one-page "Little Pete" humor strip by Henry Boltinoff.
Trivia
- First appearance of the imaginary Yellow Kryptonite.
- Second appearance of Beppo - the Super-Monkey.
- This comic book features advertisements for the following products:
- —Test Your Talent art contest
- —Cole Bros. 3-Ring Circus - Palisades Amusement Park
- —Superman television series
- —DC Comics - Adventure Comics "Tales of the Bizarro World" back-up features
- —DC Comics - Justice League of America comic book
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman (Volume 6)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: Son of Kal-El (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Supergirl Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 1)
- Superman Family (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 2)
- Infinity Inc. (Volume 1)
- Power Girl (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 3)
- Supergirl (Volume 4)
- Supergirl (Volume 5)
- Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Power Girl (Volume 2)
- Supergirl (Volume 6)
- Worlds' Finest (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 7)
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (Volume 1)