Action Comics #200

(January 1955)

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tests of a Warrior! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is one test Hun-Wha isn't going to survive - - unless I can save him!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morwatha (villain); Hun-Sha

Synopsis

The son of an Indian chief asks for and receives Superman’s help in getting his father to pass a series of tests set up by an evil medicine man.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis by Darkmark. Story is a re-working of a TV script that appeared as episode #58 of "The Adventures of Superman" circa 1955, but filmed in 1954.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Superman Playsuit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Cartridge Belt] (Table of Contents: 5)

Word Battle / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel

Pencils

Martin Naydel

Inks

Martin Naydel

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel

The Human Circus! (Table of Contents: 6)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Funny - - I have the strangest feeling I'm in danger!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood

Synopsis

Tommy and Brent find clues which lead them to the crash site of a missing space circus. They follow tracks leading from the ship to a nearby city, where they are amazed to find the population consists of intelligent tigers who walk upright.

Reprints

• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #162 (November 1966)
• in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #59 ([March 1967])

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Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll go to the dance with you Friday night, Jerry...

Genre

humor

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CinemAntics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert

Pencils

Harry Lampert

Inks

Harry Lampert

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now, Tommy, I want you to do at least an hour's homework...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood (DC, 1949 series) #7 (March-April 1950)

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come on, Pete. It's time for bed!

Genre

humor; children

The Man Who Doomed Whiskers (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

A. W. Martinez

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Bombo, Killer of the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 13)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shoot, Janu, shoot - - or we'll be killed!

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bombo (elephant)

Synopsis

Janu's tame elephant Bombo appears to be leading a herd of killer elephants.

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #9 ([June 1957] ?)

Keywords

ivory; tiger traps

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Howdy Doody Color Television Set / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Goliath Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)