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Action Comics 219

ACTION COMICS #219

Cover Date: August 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-06-24

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman's Treasure Hoard" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #14/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #108)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #14/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #108)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #14/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #108)

Villain(s):

Art Shaler (first appearance; a racketeer; steals an atomic cutting-torch that can cut through anything)
various unidentified criminals

Other Character(s):

Dr. Vandin (first appearance; creator of the atomic cutting-torch)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: "The Amazing Army of Apes!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtEd Smalle
EditingGeorge Kashdan

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #218/2 and #220/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #218/2 and #220/2)
Chota the Chimp

Villain(s):

"The General"' (first appearance; a diamond thief pretending to be a crazed military officer; gathers his own ape army)

Other Character(s):

villagers

Location(s):

somewhere in Africa (near Kurudu)


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Third Story: "The Tom Thumb Tommy Tomorrow" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingGeorge Kashdan

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #218/3 and #220/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #218/3 and #220/3)

Villain(s):

Pluto Pete (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

an unidentified alien race (first appearance; also in flashback; to avoid an ecological disaster, shrank themselves to microscopic size)
Planeteer commandant
unidentified Planeteers

Location(s):

Earth
an unidentified planet


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