Action Comics
#216
(May 1956)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-03-27
- 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); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (assistant); George Kashdan (assistant)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
in 
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Super-Menace of Metropolis
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is the greatest menace Superman could ever encounter?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Menace (intro); Jor-El (flashback)
- Synopsis
- When Metropolis is attacked by alien weapons, Superman discovers they were built long ago by his father, Jor-El.
- Reprints
-
in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #103 ([January 1959] ?) -
in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965) [retitled as "The Hyper-Menace from Krypton"] -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1970 ([februar] 1970)
-
"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure
Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Indexer Notes
Though we briefly credited Wayne Boring with the Superman figures, due to an error report from Keith Chandler, the consensus of the members of the GCD Main list was that Mortimer was swiping or imitating Boring.
The Jungle of Doom
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Congo Bill! You going crazy?
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Tod Craven; Jim Craven; Chota (chimpanzee)
- Synopsis
- Bill captures a criminal impersonating his own brother.
- Keywords
- Cape buffalo; Kanjaro (trading post); lions; rhinoceroses; treasure maps; volcanos
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / 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
- Today's lecture will be on the philosophy of the ancient Inca Indians!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #294 (March 1962)
-
The Mystery of the Ghost Bomb
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as John MacKenzie)
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry
- Inks
- Raymond Perry
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Space Safari!
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- (Gulp!)...I - - I picked the most dangerous trophy in the universe!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
- Synopsis
- While traveling through space, Brent gives Tommy the wrong course instructions and they crash on an asteroid. Distraught, Brent resigns from the Planeteers, and takes a job as a guide on a Space Safari. Tommy disguises himself and signs up for one of the tours, eventually persuading Brent that was not responsible for the crash.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a jungle!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #75 (January 1963)
-
Davy to the Rescue!
Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Menace of Metropolis!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Super-Menace of Metropolis
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
4.
"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates -
5.
Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!
Superman -
6.
The Jungle of Doom
Congo Bill -
7.
Follow This Track
Showcase -
8.
["Today's lecture will be on the philosophy of the ancient Inca Indians!"]
Professor Eureka -
9.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
10.
The Mystery of the Ghost Bomb
-
11.
The Space Safari!
Tommy Tomorrow -
12.
["What a jungle!"]
Shorty -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
15.
Davy to the Rescue!
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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