Action Comics
#199
(December 1954)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-10-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
in 
The Phantom Superman!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's no use! Our bullets bounce off him!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; duplicate Superman; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- Luthor creates a duplicate of Superman composed of duplicate atoms. Luthor then sends the duplicate to cause disasters and help criminals. Superman discovers the duplicate is not a robot and realizes that Luthor must be behind its creation. After battling the duplicate until its power runs out, Superman trails the energy source back to Luthor and destroys the machine responsible for the creation of the duplicate.
- Reprints
in 
in Indexer Notes
Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Synopsis by Darkmark.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, you can't smoke here!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262 (July 1959)
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The Interplanetary Bank!
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you sure my atomic money is safe here from bandits?
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Mr. Mason
- Synopsis
- Tommy is assigned to go undercover at the Interplanetary Bank, where gold is mysteriously disappearing.
- Reprints
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #61 (1961) [N&B [B&W]] -
in Atom (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #1/1964 ([januari-februari ?] 1964) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #32 (1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
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Indexer Notes
Binder's records indicate he wrote another Tommy Tomorrow story in 1954 but was unsure what issue it appeared in. This could be a re-titled script (Binder lists the story as "Living Money"). Info per Nick Caputo, culled from Bill Schelly's book Otto Binder The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary.
Keith Chandler: Binder's title exactly describes the culprit of the plot here.
[no title indexed]
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here is the trick which has amazed visitors...
- Genre
- children; adventure
Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Death on the Highway
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- An article about some of the safety precautions used on highways.
School for Hunters!
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh - oh - - I think I'll have to stop teaching you how to avoid big game perils and start showing you!
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Gaston Greene; Taylor; Janu the Jungle Boy
- Synopsis
- One of the students at Bill's big game hunting school is out to murder another student.
- Reprints
- in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #233 (October-November 1974)
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- Keywords
- African Boys' Club; baboons; Cape buffalo; hippopotamuses; lions; rhinoceroses
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Phantom Superman!
Superman -
1.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
The Phantom Superman!
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Say, you can't smoke here!"]
Shorty -
5.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
6.
The Interplanetary Bank!
Tommy Tomorrow -
7.
["Here is the trick which has amazed visitors..."]
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids -
8.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
9.
Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"
Superboy -
10.
Death on the Highway
-
11.
School for Hunters!
Congo Bill -
12.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles -
13.
[no title indexed]
Electric Baseball [Wonder Baseball / Jim Prentice] -
14.
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals -
15.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Karsten S.
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Van Dore
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