Action Comics #245

(October 1958)

The Shrinking Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor (as Krypton City); Zak-Kul (villain)

Synopsis:

Lois accidentally releases from Kandor the criminal Zak-Kul, who traps Superman in Kandor and takes over his life. Lois marries Zak-Kul thinking him Kal-El, but he tries to kill Lois because she keeps asking him Kal-El's secret id. Kal-El, trapped inside the "Krypton City," uses one of the three remaining specks of Illium-349 to shrink himself even smaller and slip between the atoms of Krypton City's jar, then uses the second speck to enlarge both himself and the third speck. Zak-Kul meanwhile futilely attempts to hide from Superman by disguising himself as a mild-mannered reporter.

Reprints:

• in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #12/1966 (augusti 1966)
• in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([September] 2004)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)
• in Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor (DC, 2007 series) #[nn] ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Showcase Presents credits this story to Otto Binder. Kandor is referred to only as "Krypton City". It is depicted as a very wide-necked bottle like the Swan drawn newspaper strip version, not the Plastino narrow-necked comic magazine version. Synopsis updated 2/09 courtesy of Ken Rowand. 2009-05-28 by Allen Ross: Writer credit from Bottle City of Kandor reprint, was "Bill Finger?"

["There are no real giants!"] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

children; humor

Lost- A Free Education (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

The Interplanetary Scarecrow (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Tomorrow

Reprints:

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #29 ([February 1959])

["Vic, pick me up at eight."] (Table of Contents)

Varsity Vic / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #185 (February 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

The illustration at the top of the letter column is taken from the splash panel of the Superman story in Action Comics #241. This illustration appears at the top of the letter columns in Action Comics #245-271 and Superman #124-145.

["Casey, an emergency call just came through."] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• from Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series) #17 (September-October 1950)

Secret of the Super Animals (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Peters

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Craig Delich 8/05