Action Comics
#240
(May 1958)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-03-27
- 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.
The Superman Sphinx
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Sphinx of Egypt - - and it's got my face...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Albi del Falco (Mondadori, 1954 series) #127 -
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #24/1958 -
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
- Egypt; green kryptonite; Sphinx
Secret of the Superman Sphinx
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attention, Earth! The Superman satellite is weakening me...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Clark Kent robot; Perry White
- Synopsis
- Lois discovers a Clark Kent robot in a closet at the Daily Planet, and a strange Sphinx with a Superman head and kryptonite vision goes into orbit around the Earth.
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #48 (Circa August 1965)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Ollie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Job Number
- 3035
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch out down below!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #22 ([July 1958])
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #62 (1 de diciembre de 1958) - in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
-
The Trial of Tommy Tomorrow
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Confess, Tommy Tomorrow!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
- Synopsis
- Tommy is on trial for the murder of Brent Wood.
- Reprints
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #45 (June 1960) - in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #3 (April-May 1973)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #26 (1975) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure, Mom, I'll take a bath!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #66 (September-October 1953)
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #62 (1 de diciembre de 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Wonderland / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A bird called the bittern...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog (DC, 1952 series) #10 (July-August 1953)
-
Trapped in the Insect World
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This net - It's so sticky I can hardly move...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Wakely
- Synopsis
- Bill and Janu aid Professor Wakely in finding a small element needed to power his enlarging ray, which has fallen among the long grass. By volunteering to be shrunk to an inch tall, everyday insects now appear like threatening monsters.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes.
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; advocacy; teen
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Superman Sphinx
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider -
2.
Secret of the Superman Sphinx
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan -
4.
["Watch out down below!"]
Ollie -
5.
The Trial of Tommy Tomorrow
Tommy Tomorrow -
6.
["Sure, Mom, I'll take a bath!"]
Little Pete -
7.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
8.
[no title indexed]
Chuckle Box -
9.
["A bird called the bittern..."]
Animal Wonderland -
10.
Trapped in the Insect World
Congo Bill -
11.
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy -
12.
["What present would a boy kick about?"]
Fun Shop -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
15.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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