Action Comics #388 (May 1970)

Here, for April Fool's Day, is a story that I remember fondly from my childhood. Frankly, it's too chock-full of zany Silver-Age wackiness for any kind of abstract and selected panels to do it justice, so in a departure from my usual practice I present it in whole – followed by a text feature from two issues later (#390, July 1970) that details all (?) of the “mistakes” in it.  But are they really mistakes...?

I hope you enjoy it!  As you read through it, get a load of Superman's repeated expressions of slack-jawed astonishment! - and take note of the little guy that keeps appearing in various windows....

Action Comics #388

Cover date: May 1970

On-sale date: 26 March 1970

Cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson

Edited by Mort Weisinger

“Puzzle of the Wild World”

(First story)

Story: Cary Bates

Art: Curt Swan and George Roussos

As an aside, the second story from Action Comics #388 was a Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes reprint, “Sun Boy's Lost Power,” originally presented in Adventure Comics #302 (Nov 1962).

Cheers! … and Thanks for reading!