Action Comics
#209
(October 1955)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-08-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See, Superman! I can do anything you can...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- light bulbs; lightning
in 
in 
The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's your move, Superman!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
- Synopsis
- A man who seems to have greater powers than Superman appears in Metropolis, to the Man of Steel’s surprise.
Indexer Notes
synopsis by Darkmark
[no title indexed]
Bebe / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You wait right here!
- Genre
- humor
Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
The Space Hall of Fame
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere in this Hall of Fame is a man trying to wipe us out!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Jan Kier (crook)
- Synopsis
- Notorious criminal Jan Kier is spotted heading towards the Space Hall of Fame, and Tommy and Brent are dispatched to capture him.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you do, ma'am?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #44 (February-March 1950) -
in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #6/1957 ([juni] 1957)
-
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm - I never saw that name and number before!
- Genre
- humor
The Amazing Desert Ship
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Congo Bill - - there's your old friend Captain Burnley!
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Captain Burnley
- Synopsis
- Bill and Janu help a trader get his cargo to port using a ship on wheels.
- Keywords
- chimpanzees; dynamite; elephants; hippopotamuses; machine guns; rhinoceroses; sailing ships
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Man Who Was Mightier Than Superman
Superman -
3.
["You wait right here!"]
Bebe -
4.
"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates -
5.
Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
Buzzy -
6.
The Space Hall of Fame
Tommy Tomorrow -
7.
["How do you do, ma'am?"]
Shorty -
8.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
9.
["Hmm - I never saw that name and number before!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
10.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
11.
The "Egg Beater" Rolls On
-
12.
The Amazing Desert Ship
Congo Bill -
13.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone; Tomahawk -
14.
[no title indexed]
Artistic Card Co., Inc. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn American
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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