Action Comics
#215
(April 1956)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-02-26
- 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); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Superman of Tomorrow!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That rocket ship's about to crash!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman of 2956 [Craig King]
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #14/1956 -
in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #108 ([July 1956] ?) -
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)
- in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- rockets; time travel
The Superman of Tomorrow
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As the Superman of this time, I'll catch that stolen rocket-ship!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman of 2956 [Craig King]; Lyra Lee; Dr. Dorr; Dr. Vincent Vail; Parri Wyte
- Synopsis
- Craig King uses scientific gadgets in 2956 to duplicate Superman's powers but now he needs help to catch scientific bandits, so he beams a message across time to the real Superman.
- Reprints
- in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #108 ([July 1956] ?)
-
- Keywords
- time travel
Indexer Notes
writer credit by Bob Hughes
The Big-Game Butterfly Hunter
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Many a big-game hunter has been lured to the steaming jungles of Africa...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Hector Doolittle; Ubusukus (African tribe)
- Synopsis
- Hector Doolittle unwittingly risks life and limb to collect rare butterflies.
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #6 ([March 1957])
-
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #16 (octobre 1971) [N&B [B&W]]
-
- Keywords
- baboons; butterflies; Cape Buffalo; elephants; entomology; idols; leopards; lodestone
[no title indexed]
Bebe / 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
- We will now have a spelling period!
- Genre
- humor; children
Flying Rangers
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as John Maxton)
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry
- Inks
- Raymond Perry
- Colors
- Raymond Perry
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Mystery of the Stolen Worlds!
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Tommy! That giant red hand is stealing that king comet now!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
- Synopsis
- Giant hands appear out of nowhere and move things around in space. It transpires that aliens are using space phenomena as chess pieces. Tommy "checkmates" them and is able to explain the inadvertent damage they have caused. They restore the pieces and move on to another galaxy to continue their game.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Superman of Tomorrow!
Superman -
1.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Superman of Tomorrow
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co. -
4.
Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"
Binky -
5.
The Big-Game Butterfly Hunter
Congo Bill -
6.
The One and Only Superman
Superman -
7.
["We will now have a spelling period!"]
Bebe -
8.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
9.
Flying Rangers
-
10.
The Mystery of the Stolen Worlds!
Tommy Tomorrow -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Greetings, Inc. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
14.
[no title indexed]
Aircraft Carrier
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Bob Hughes
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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