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Action Comics 256

ACTION COMICS #256

Cover Date: September 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-07-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Superman of the Future!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #39/3; next in World's Finest Comics #104)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #39/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #12

Villain(s):

Dirk Folgar (first appearance; a foreign spy and assassin)
Folger's fellow spies

Other Character(s):

the President of the United States
various reporters
Professor Wright (first appearance)
Captain Saunders (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual Vol. 1 #3 (Summer 1961)
Showcase Presents Superman #1 ([September] 2005)


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Second Story: "Janu, the Joker of the Jungle" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (last in issue #252/2)

Villain(s):

Percy Pierce (first appearance; an arrogant child actor)

Other Character(s):

Harold (first appearance; a movie producer)
film crew (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

an unspecified location, presumably in Africa


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Third Story: "The Great Supergirl Mirage!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #40/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Dick Wilson (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

kids at the Midvale Orphanage
Mr. Dixon (the orphanage headmaster; last in issue #253/2)
a Supergirl Robot (first appearance)

Location(s):

Midvale
Midvale Orphanage

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #390/4 (March-April 1970)
Best of DC #17 (October 1981)
Supergirl Archives #1 (2001)
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ([November] 2007)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
Supergirl: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (2017)


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