Action Comics #239

(April 1958)

Draw Lincoln (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman's New Face (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I know it'll be a terrible shock...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Norton

Synopsis

Superman is caught in an atomic explosion and afterwards must bandage his face, or wear a lead mask, to keep anyone from seeing what happened to him.

Reprints

• in Super DC (Thorpe & Porter, 1969 series) #6
• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961)
• in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 ? series) #22 ([Circa 1971?])
• in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #99/1 (5. Januar 1978.)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

Keywords

kryptonite

Meet the Challengers of the Unknown (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Challengers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of the Happy Pig! (Table of Contents: 4)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Rube Grossman

Inks

Rube Grossman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals

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

Tricksy the World's Greatest Stunt Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

3032

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Have you got the paper with the advertisement written down?

Genre

humor

The Puzzle of the Jungle Pyramid (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why are you forcing us to build this pyramid?

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Drake; Blll Adams; Simon Rader

Synopsis

Bill and Janu are captured by international spy Judson Rader who is using slaves to build a pyramid in the jungle.

Reprints

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #26 ([July 1958])

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

Gag Bag / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I hear you're the new coach for the girls baseball team!

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #78 (August-September 1953)

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Bill. I've got the afternoon off...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #76 (April-May 1953)

The Toys That Stopped Space Crime (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

Blast those Planeteers with our ray-guns!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood

Synopsis

Tommy and Brent pose as eccentric vintage toy collectors in order to capture a notorious gang of space pirates.

Reprints

• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #56 (1961)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #25/1969 (13. Dezember 1969)
• in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #2 (March 1973)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #85 ([February 1974] ?)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #30 (1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)