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Action Comics 232

ACTION COMICS #232

Cover Date: September 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-07-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Story of Superman, Junior" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #116/3; next in Showcase #10; also appears in flashback as Superboy; last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #116/2; next in Adventure Comics #240)

Villain(s):

two bank robbers in Smallville (first appearance of both)

Other Character(s):

Superman, Junior (Jimmy Kirk; first appearance; also in flashbacks; sent into space, gains super powers and grows up on an alien world before returning to Earth and becoming the younfg ward of Superman; sacrifices his own powers to restore those of Superman's)
Dr. Morton Kirk (first appearance; in flashbacks; an astronomer who believing Earth was doomed, sent his son into space; before he dies, asks for Superboy to become Jimmy's legal guardian, if the boy is ever found)
citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet (in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #7 (Summer 1963)
Best of DC #25 (June 1982)


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Second Story: "Three Dives to Doom" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #231/2 and #233/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #231/2 and #233/2)

Villain(s):

Tom Rader (first appearance; a diamond thief)
his gang (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Jungle Police

Location(s):

Nampula, East Africa


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Third Story: "Riddle of the Space Rainbow" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #231/3 and #233/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #230/3 and #233/3)

Villain(s):

"Nova" Norton (first appearance; a notorious space criminal; poses as Henry Lord, manager of the Space TV network)
Space Fishermen (first appearance; a race of giants from another dimension, taking brightly colored objects from Tommy Tomorrow's reality)

Location(s):

Earth
various locations in space
the Space Fishermen's dimension (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the Summer of 2057.

Story Reprinted in:

Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1 #1/2 (February 1973)


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