Action Comics #255

(August 1959)

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The National Sports Council Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Bride of Bizarro! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois Lane; New Bizarro

Synopsis

Bizarro keeps the real Superman from revealing to Lois that she has been proposed to by Bizarro's duplicate, whom he calls New Bizarro, with a kryptonite meteorite, but Lois realizes New Bizarro is not the true Man of Steel. But New Bizarro doesn't give up easily, and the duplicates fight each other. Bizarro seeks out Superman's help and destroys the kryptonite, turning it into a dust cloud which destroys New Bizarro. Bizarro resumes courting Lois, until Lois creates a duplicate of herself so that Bizarro can have his own Bizarro-Lois.

Reprints

• in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([November] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
• in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #3 ([July] 2014)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

Keywords

green kryptonite

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous issue.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Fun Shop / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel

Pencils

Martin Naydel

Inks

Martin Naydel

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What plant stands for four?

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Abominable Snowman! (Table of Contents: 7)

Congorilla / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; superhero; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Congorilla; The Abominable Snowman (villain)

Reprints

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #43 ([Circa 1959-1961])

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let's go in here, Jerry! It's darling!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Everything Happens to Harvey (DC, 1953 series) #5 (May-June 1954)

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Honey, rush over to the Superb Studios...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #8 (April-May 1951)

Coming Super-Attractions (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Superman; Superboy; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Supergirl Visits the 21st Century! (Table of Contents: 14)

Supergirl / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lee]; Superman (behind-the-scenes); Tommy Tomorrow (as a child, earliest chronological appearance); Mr. Tomorrow (introduction); Mrs. Tomorrow (introduction); Jik of Mars

Synopsis

Supergirl takes her first flight across the time-barrier from 1959 into the future, about a hundred years hence. She secretly observes a brilliant young orphan named Tommy on an asteroid orphanage. Tommy is told by the headmaster that a scientist and his wife have asked to adopt the boy with the best scientific mind, and he has been chosen. Supergirl ensures that the couple, the Tomorrows, make it to the orphanage successfully.

Reprints

• in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #179 (October 1976)
• in Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #25 ([1977])
• in Super-Heróis (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1982 series) #36 (Julho de 1985)
• in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([December] 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
• in Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([September] 2017)

Keywords

green kryptonite; Interplanetary Orphanage; Martian; Midvale Orphanage; time travel; Venus missile probe

Indexer Notes

Note: This story reveals that Tommy Tomorrow was adopted. (Crisis On Infinite Earths #12 would later infer that he was born Thomas Blank, the paternal grandson of Buddy Blank a.k.a. OMAC).

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bill's Vacation Gift from Dad! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)