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Action Comics 251

ACTION COMICS #251

Cover Date: April 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-02-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Oldest Man in Metropolis!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #129)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #129)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #129)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #36; next in Superman Vol. 1 #129)

Villain(s):

Captain Cutlass (first appearance)
his gang (first appearance for all)
two department store robbers (first appearance of both)
The Clock (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Professor Vance (first appearance; experiments on a life-extending vitamin serum which is taken by Clark Kent and temporarily ages him)
citizens of Metropolis
a Superman robot

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual Vol. 1 #3/6 (Summer 1961)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 (September 2005)


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Second Story: "Congorilla, Outlaw!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla (Congo Bill; in between issues #250/3 and #252/2)

Villain(s):

Corliss Hyde (first appearance; realizes Congorilla possesses human intelligence; dies)

Other Character(s):

airplane crew and passengers (first appearance of all)
Migawi villagers (first appearance of all)
members of a diamond mining company (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Congo, Africa
De Guiche Diamond Mine
Migawi Village


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Third Story: "The Giant Amoeba of Space!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (last in issue #250/2; next in World's Finest Comics #102/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (last in issue #248/3; next in World's Finest Comics #102/2)

Villain(s):

a space amoeba (first appearance; also in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Planeteer Chief Commander
Robot Commandoes (first appearance of all; destroyed)
two interplanetary demolitions experts (first appearance of both)
sper-barrier corps (first appearance of all)
space-harpoonists (first appearance of all)
other unidentified Planeteers
aliens from another universe (first appearance of all; in flashback)

Location(s):

Earth
Planeteer Headquarters
the Asteroid field
Mars
Saturn
Pluto
an unidentified planet in another universe (first appearance of all; in flashback)

Comment(s):

Tommy Tomorrow is awarded the Interplanetary Medal of Honor.
The Tommy Tomorrow feature moves to World's Finest Comics #102/2 (June 1959), replacing the Tomahawk feature.


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