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Action Comics 247

ACTION COMICS #247

Cover Date: December 1958
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1958-10-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman's Lost Parents" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #33/3; next in World's Finest Comics #98)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #5/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #126)

Villain(s):

Cedric Carson (first appearance; a con-artist, disguised as Jonathan Kent, allegedly time-travelling from the past, tricks Clark Kent into revealing his identity as Superman; later attempts to blackmail Superman but is hypnotized into forgetting the events)
Millicent Carson (first appearance; a con-artist, disguised as Martha Kent, allegedly time-travelling from the past, tricks Clark Kent into revealing his identity as Superman; later attempts to blackmail Superman but is hypnotized into forgetting the events)

Other Character(s):

Superman Robots
Robot versions of Jonathan and Martha Kent (first appearance of both)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Lana Lang (in a photograph)
Lewis Lang (in a photograph)
Jonathan Kent (in a photograph and as a statue)
Martha Kent (in a photograph and as a statue)
Jor-El (as a statue)
Lara Jor-El (as a statue)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #193/2 (January-February 1967)
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #1 ([September] 2004)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "Tommy Tomorrow, Space Convict X-146-93" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #246/3 and #248/3)

Villain(s):

The Brain (first appearance; also in flashback)
Invisible Convict (first appearance)
Human Goldfish (first appearance)
Tom Thumb Gang (first appearance)
The Plastic Prisoner (first appearance)
"Meteor" Murdock (first appearance)
other unidentified prisoners (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Planeteers (also in flashback)
the warden of Space Alcatraz (first appearance)

Location(s):

Planeteer Headquarters
Space Alcatraz (first appearance)


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Third Story: "The Riddle of the Super-Zoo!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #246/2 and #248/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #246/2 and #252/2)

Villain(s):

"Jungle Joe" (first appearance; a swindler, claiming to be selling intelligent jungle animals)
his unnamed accomplice (first appearance)
pygmies disguised as chimpanzees (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Harry Harper (first appearance; opens a jungle circus)
various victims of "Jungle Joe" (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

unidentified jungle locations

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #195 (August 1970)


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