Action Comics swap bodies with a gorilla and his strip was renamed Congorilla. The introduction of Supergirl by Otto Binder and Al Plastino occurred in issue #252 (May 1959). Following this debut appearance, Supergirl adopted the secret identity of an orphan "Linda Lee" and made Midvale Orphanage her base of operations. In "Action Comics" #261 (February 1960), her pet cat Streaky was introduced by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. Supergirl joined the Legion of Super-Heroes in issue #276 and acted for three years as Superman's "secret weapon," until her existence was revealed in "Action Comics" #285 (January 1962). In the view of
Action of 6 May 1801 to defend his ship. Cochrane obliged, with the equivocal wording that he had 'conducted himself like a true Spaniard'. "El Gamo" was subsequently sold to the ruler of Algiers as a merchantman. This battle inspired Patrick O'Brian in the novel "Master and Commander", where, in a very similar manner, the brig HMS Sophie escapes from, then lures and captures the Spanish Xebeque-frigate Cacafuego, as the first major battle of his main character Jack Aubrey. Action of 6 May 1801 The Action of 6 May 1801 was a minor naval engagement between the 32-gun xebec-frigate "El Gamo" of the Spanish Navy