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Action Comics 245

ACTION COMICS #245

Cover Date: October 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-08-28

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Shrinking Superman!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32/3; next in World's Finest Comics #97)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32/3; next in World's Finest Comics #97)

Villain(s):

Zak-Kul (first appearance; a renegade Kryptonian scientist)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([September] 2004)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)
Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor ([October] 2007)


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Second Story: "The Interplanetary Scarecrow" (6 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #244/3 and #246/3)

Villain(s):

Space Ravens (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

a Planeteer official
an unidentified human-like alien race

Location(s):

Earth
Planeteer Headquarters
an unidentified planet in an ice age
other unidentified planets and planetoids


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Third Story: "The Secret of the Super Animals" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #244/2 and #246/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #244/2 and #246/2)

Villain(s):

a ram, a lion and a hippo (temporarily granted super powers)

Other Character(s):

Professor Peters (first appearance; a scientist; launches animals into space)
Officer Kumara (first appearance)
villagers

Location(s):

an unidentified African village


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