Action Comics #232

(September 1957)

Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Story of Superman, Junior (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Coleman

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One day in Smallville, Superman's boyhood home, startled townsfolk see a flying youth perform super-feats again!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman, Junior [Johnny Kirk]; Superboy [C;ark Kent] (flashback)

Synopsis

Johnny Kirk's father blasts him into space because he thinks Earth is soon to be destroyed by a meteor. After Superboy deflects the meteor, he asks him to find his son. But Superboy is all grown up as Superman before Johnny Kirk returns to Earth, now with super powers. But Superman's own powers are disappearing due to contact with a space poison that was on Johnny's space ship.

Reprints

• in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1961-1962 (1961) [black and white]
• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
• in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #10/1969 (10. Mai 1969)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #25 (June 1982)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

Keywords

Kryptonite

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

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

Danger: Prejudice at Work! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

advocacy; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Ollie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a wonderful vacation I had...

Genre

humor

Three Dives to Doom (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Jack Miller ?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What is there about these colored pebbles...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu, the Jungle Boy; Tom Rader (villain)

Synopsis

On a beach in Kampula, East Africa, Bill is waiting for Janu, when several policemen bring the criminal Tom Rader ashore. Janu has, in fact, been captured by a gang of ruffians, who demand that Bill dives to retrieve three boxes from the sea bed.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Art credits verfied by Bob Bailey and Gene Reed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's right, sir...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #164 (October 1950)

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

DeLuxe Photo Service / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

So You Want to Be a Photographer (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Riddle of the Space Rainbow (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The comet dust painted our ship a glowing green...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; "Nova" Norton [Henry Lord] (villain); Space Fishermen (villains)

Synopsis

Henry Lord, manager of the Space TV Network, recruits Tommy and Brent to fly through space with their ship arrayed in various colors for filming.

Reprints

• in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973)

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

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

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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