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Action Comics
#228
(May 1957)
DC
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1957-03-26
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);
Jack Schiff
(managing editor);
Mort Weisinger
(assistant editor);
George Kashdan
(assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Superman's Super-Skyscraper
(Table of Contents)
Superman
/ cover / 1 page
(report information)
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
Jack Adler
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That skyscraper Superman is building is miles high already!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
[
Clark Kent
]
Universe
DC : mainstream
Reprints
in
Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #24/1957
in
Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1
(1993)
in
The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series)
(1995)
Keywords
construction
;
helicopters
Edit cover
Cover gallery
[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)
(Expand)
/
The National Sports Council
/ advertisement / 1 page
(report information)
Superman's Super Skyscraper
(Table of Contents: 2)
Superman
/ comic story / 12 pages
(report information)
Script
Edmond Hamilton ?
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Superman's new skyscraper is already miles high...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane
;
Lex Luthor
(flashback);
Jimmy Olsen
;
Superboy
[
Clark Kent
] (flashback);
Superman
[
Clark Kent
];
Perry White
; Jay Amery (villain, racket leader)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
Superman constructs a skyscraper in Metropolis and turns it into a museum of his past cases.
Keywords
Superman Museum
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Synopsis by Darkmark.
[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)
Quick Quiz
/ activity / 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 did the custom of shaking hands originate?
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
from
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #53
(August-September 1951)
Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed
(Table of Contents: 4)
(Expand)
/
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
/ advertisement / 0.33 page
(report information)
[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)
Varsity Vic
/ 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'm glad you're all right now, Bill!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Vic
; Bill
The Gorilla King of the Jungle
(Table of Contents: 6)
Congo Bill
/ comic story / 5.67 pages
(report information)
Script
?
Pencils
Howard Sherman
Inks
Howard Sherman
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kongorilla can't be that intelligent!
Genre
adventure; drama; jungle
Characters
Congo Bill
;
Janu, the Jungle Boy
;
Kongorilla
(first appearance, unrelated to the later Congorilla); Sam Westly (Kongorilla's keeper); Chief Wabanga
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
A former Hollywood animal star, Kongorilla is being returned to the jungle, but his former trainer tries to prove the ape has human intelligence.
Superman's Secret Message
(Table of Contents: 7)
(Expand)
/
Supermen of America
/ promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
(report information)
[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)
(Expand)
/
promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages
(report information)
[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)
Lionel and His Lions
/ comic story / 2 pages
(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 hear Jo-Jo is leaving the circus with the dog act...
Genre
humor
Characters
Lionel
Reprints
in
Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #15
([August 1957] ?)
Space Dreams for Sale
(Table of Contents: 10)
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
Let's put these racketeers to "sleep", Brent!
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
The Planeteers
:
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
;
Captain Brent Wood
dream peddlers
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
Tommy and Brent raid a racketeer base on a nameless asteroid, and find a device which transmits dream images directly into the brains of sleepers.
Reprints
in
The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #13
([October 1957] ?)
in
Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #62
(1961) [N&B [B&W]]
in
Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #33
(1977) [N&B [B&W]]
Keywords
2057 AD
[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)
(Expand)
/
Stephens Credit Sales
/ advertisement / 1 page
(report information)
A Date with Effie
(Table of Contents: 12)
public service announcement / 1 page
(report information)
Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Betty; Stan
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
(Table of Contents: 13)
(Expand)
/
Wilson Chemical Co.
/ advertisement / 1 page
(report information)
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Superman's Super-Skyscraper
Superman
1.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council
2.
Superman's Super Skyscraper
Superman
3.
["How did the custom of shaking hands originate?"]
Quick Quiz
4.
Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
5.
["I'm glad you're all right now, Bill!"]
Varsity Vic
6.
The Gorilla King of the Jungle
Congo Bill
7.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America
8.
["Here are some of the winners in the DC Slogan Contest..."]
9.
["I hear Jo-Jo is leaving the circus with the dog act..."]
Lionel and His Lions
10.
Space Dreams for Sale
Tommy Tomorrow
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales
12.
A Date with Effie
13.
Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
Wilson Chemical Co.
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