Action Comics #249

(February 1959)

The Magic Card (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

The Kryptonite Man! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Luthor; Kryptonite; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress of Solitude

Synopsis:

Luthor takes a liquid kryptonite serum which makes it impossible for Superman to get near him. Superman makes a lead suit to protect himself, but Luthor has discovered a way to turn lead into glass. Eventually, Superman tricks Luthor into thinking he has become immune to Luthor's kryptonite radiations and Luthor takes an antidote, leaving himself open to capture.

Reprinted:

• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965)
• in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

["Brr - it's cold here."] (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

Reprinted:

• from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #52 (June-July 1956)

["We will now hold the séance!"] (Table of Contents)

Professor Eureka / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Reprinted:

• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #10 (July-August 1956)

Indexer Notes

Title, first line and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006. Reprint data corrected to show that this is not the first appearance of this feature. (Gene Reed, 8/14/2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Statement of Ownership / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Liebowitz

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

Publisher National Comics Inc
575 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Editor F. W. Ellsworth
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Jack Liebowitz, P Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S. Sampliner, F. Iger, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, Arlene Donenfeld, L. Liebowitz, J. Liebowitz

The Man-Ape's Mountain Mission (Table of Contents)

Congorilla / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy

Reprinted:

• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #65

["How do you do, Miss. I'm working my wat through school selling vacuum cleaners."] (Table of Contents)

Varsity Vic / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

[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

Content Information

Reprinted:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #241 (June 1958) [illustration only; from the splash of "The Super-Key to Fort Superman"]

The Gambling Asteroid (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; Brent Wood; Square Deele

["You say this is your first time up in a plane, Pete?"] (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprinted:

• from All-American Men of War (DC, 1953 series) #33 (May 1956)