Action Comics #205

(June 1955)

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

Sergeant Superman (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yow! K.P. is a cinch when Sergeant Superman pitches in and helps!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Private Fred Carson

Synopsis

Given the rank of sergeant so that he can participate in Army war games, Superman must solve the mystery of why a private who constantly botches things must remain in the games.

Indexer Notes

synopsis by Darkmark

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Sagebrush Sam / comic story / 0.67 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

Sagebrush, when are you going to stop being so lazy?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How fast does radium lose its value?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #7 ([April 1957])

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

The Super Planeteers (Table of Contents: 7)

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

We'll take after those crooks at full-speed...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Professor Starr; Dr. Ultra (villain)

Synopsis

Professor Starr has invented an impervious and indestructible super plastic, which he intends the turn over to Tommy to keep it from evil uses. Tommy swoons and finds himself in 2155, a hundred years into his future. Doctor Ultra had been monitoring the professor's laboratory and used a time ray on Tommy when he was holding the formula to the plastic. Despite having to cope with advanced technology, Tommy uses his ingenuity to overcome Ultra, showing him items from a 20th century time capsule.

Reprints

• in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) ([April] 1980)

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Batman; Mystery in Space / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to get a job for myself!

Genre

humor

One-More Polar Expedition (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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Bonny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's Leopold, I'll bet!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series) #10 (August-September 1949)

The Mystery of the African Polar Bears! (Table of Contents: 12)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Creeping cobras!

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Harry Harlow [Jim Jackson]

Synopsis

Bill foils a diamond thief who was using polar bears to locate his lost cache.

Keywords

diamonds; Harry Harlow's Animal Show; ice; menageries; polar bears; Ruwenzori Mountains; snow

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Superman Playsuit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Says: "There May Be a Career in Health for You!" (Table of Contents: 14)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)