Action Comics #221

(October 1956)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman's New Super-Power (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Superman's using his new power on us...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jay Yorrell (crook);

Synopsis

After destroying an asteroid in space, Superman becomes magnetically-charged. Lois takes the opportunity to prove once again that Clark is Superman, but he has a logical explanation.

Reprints

• in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #36 (1 de julio de 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!" (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Congo Bill -- Witch Doctor (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congo Bill think he stop elephant stampede with his mumbo-jumbo...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo ill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bwanda

Synopsis

Bill tells of how he drank from the magic pool which gives powers to witch doctors. He convinces Bwanda, who as witch doctor has the tribe under his thumb, that his powers are greater. Eventually, Bwanda decides that his powers are waning and heads off to the magic spring. Bill and Janu follow, and Bill dynamites the spring so that no other man will be able to wield such power.

Reprints

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #10 ([Circa 1957-1958])
• in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #36 (1 de julio de 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

I Hunted the Sea's Fiercest Fish (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Second page after the following sequence.

Here Are the Prizes (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Sleeping Beauty of Space! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

This tops anything I've ever found in space!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Princess Vyra

Synopsis

Tommy and Brent discover a beautiful girl floating in a space capsule. On awakening, she declares herself to be Princess Vyra, from a scientifically-advanced race which existed on earth 15,000 years earlier. She has been searching through time for the perfect man, and has decided Tommy is the perfect candidate.

Reprints

• in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #36 (1 de julio de 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Fashion Frocks, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)