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 Unofficial Action Comics Index

Action Comics 226

ACTION COMICS #226

Cover Date: March 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-01-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Invulnerable Enemy" (12 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 #19/3; next in World's Finest Comics #87)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #19/3; next in World's Finest Comics #87)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #19/2; next in World's Finest Comics #87)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in Superman Vol. 1 #112/2; next in World's Finest Comics #88)

Other Character(s):

"The Petrified Spaceman" (first appearance; an alien from an ice planet, becomes "petrified" in heat; also in flashback)
unidentified alien race (first appearance of all; in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified ice planet (first appearance; also in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #2/2 ([Winter] 1960)
Superman #D2966 (New American Library) (May 1966)
Best of DC #42 (November 1983)


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Second Story: "Jungle Joe, King of the Wilds" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtHoward Sherman
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #225/2 and #227/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #225/2 and #227/2)

Villain(s):

Jungle Joe (first appearance; leader of the jungle bandits, posing as Congo Bill's replacement)
a gang of jungle raiders (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

a doctor

Location(s):

somewhere in Africa

Comment(s):

A few weeks pass over the course of this story.


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Third Story: "The Secret of the Space Signs" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #225/3 and #227/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #223/3 and #228/3)

Villain(s):

"Dark" Starr (first appearance)
his gang of space bandits (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Al Todd (first appearance; creates billboards and advertising in space)

Location(s):

various asteroids


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