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Action Comics 224

ACTION COMICS #224

Cover Date: January 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-11-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino


Story: "The Secret of Superman Island" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton (?)
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #110; also in flashback to birth and earliest chronological appearance, next in flashback in issue #378)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #110/3; next in World's Finest Comics #86)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #111/2)

Villain(s):

Norton Larch (first appearance; a criminal; next in issue #513)
Guy Blisher (first appearance; his accomplice; next in issue #513)

Other Character(s):

Professor Vanley (first appearance; a scientist working on using kryptonite as an energy source)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Superman Island (first appearance; next in issue #513)


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Second Story: "Janu, Jungle God" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtHoward Sherman
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #223/2 and #225/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #223/2 and #225/2)

Villain(s):

a gang of criminals (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

the Golden Gorilla (first appearance; next in issue #248/2)
native tribesmen

Location(s):

somewhere in Africa, near the Iturbi Mountains


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Third Story: "Seven Disappearing Wonders of Space!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in flashback only; promoted from Cadet to Planeteer regular; last in ???; next in Showcase #41)

Other Character(s):

Professor Todd (first appearance; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance)
Planeteer cadets (in flashback)

Location(s):

Earth (also in flashback)
Venus (in flashback)
Glass World (first appearance; in flashback)
Water World (first appearance; in flashback)
'X-Ray Moon (first appearance; in flashback)
Geometric Asteroids (first appearance; in flashback)
Sargasso Jungle of Space (first appearance; in flashback)


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