Action Comics
#214
(March 1956)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-01-29
- 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)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Another wrecking job by Superman -- this time he's destroying a battleship!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- battleships; helicopters; news broadcasts
in 
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman, Super-Destroyer
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Superman sure has a million-dollar punch!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ebeneezer Walker
- Synopsis
- To secure a million dollar donation to the Metropolis Youth Center, Superman agrees to perform a series of legal and non-harmful tasks, which are enumerated in a lead-lined envelope.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / 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
- Strike one!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Pete
- Reprints
-
from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #158 (April 1950)
-
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
The Invincible Idol
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe this is what natives mean when they say drum idol gives protection!
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Kyulu; Shamburus (African tribe); Kinaras (African tribe)
- Synopsis
- Bill recovers a sacred drum to prevent a war among natives.
- Keywords
- sacred drums; stereotyping of African natives; tiger traps
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's wrong now?
- Genre
- humor; teen
The Most Wanted Man in Space
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Criminals are ambushing me all over space!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; "Meteor" Murdock
- Synopsis
- "Meteor" Murdock places a one million dollar bounty on Tommy's head, but only if he is brought in alive. Many criminals make the attempt but their desire not to harm Tommy brings about their capture. It transpires that Murdock was behind bars the whole time, the scheme being hatched by Tommy and his superior officer, in order to catch numerous escapees from the federal prison.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Another wrecking job by Superman -- this time he's destroying a battleship!"]
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
Superman, Super-Destroyer
Superman -
3.
["Strike one!"]
Little Pete -
4.
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
5.
Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!
Binky -
6.
The Invincible Idol
Congo Bill -
7.
Hot As a Firecracker!
Showcase -
8.
["What's wrong now?"]
Varsity Vic -
9.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
10.
How to Take Tricky Pictures
-
11.
The Most Wanted Man in Space
Tommy Tomorrow -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Fashion Frocks, Inc. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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