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Action Comics 227

ACTION COMICS #227

Cover Date: April 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-02-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Man with the Triple X-Ray Eyes" (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 #20/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #113)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #20/3; next in issue #228)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #20/3; next in issue #228)

Villain(s):

various criminal gangs

Other Character(s):

a team of scientists
Mayor Manning (last in Superman Vol. 1 #110; next in ???)
other citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
somewhere near the Arctic
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified dead planet (first appearance)


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Second Story: "The Great Jungle Animal Count!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #226/2 and #228/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #226/2 and #228/2)

Villain(s):

Weems (first appearance; bets on the exact number for the census, killing animals that wander into the preserve to keep the number the same)
his unidentified accomplice

Other Character(s):

Mr. Hadley (first appearance; an animal census taker)
other game preserve staff

Location(s):

a big game preserve in Africa


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Third Story: "The Girl Planeteer" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #226/3 and #228/3)

Other Character(s):

Jerry Hale (first appearance; also in flashback; poses a Planeteer recruit to fulfill they dying wish of her father)
Planeteer commandant (in between issues #225/3 and #229/3)
Captain Hale (first appearance; in flashback; Jerry Hale's late father)
Edward (first appearance; a Planeteer recruit)

Location(s):

Earth
Planeteer Headquarters
various locations in space


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