Action Comics
#236
(January 1958)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-11-25
- 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 editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Superman's New Uniform!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll miss my old red-and-blue costume...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #11/1958 -
in Superman-Bi (1ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1965 series) #21 [cover] -
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 in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])
-
- Keywords
- tailoring
Superman's New Uniform!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- People will have to get used to me in my new costume!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- Posing as a reputable scientist, Luthor tricks Superman into thinking his super costume is falling apart, and gives Superman a new uniform which features an anti-Kryptonite belt. However, Superman is unaware that the belt will ultimately kill him.
- Reprints
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968)
-
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #14/1969 ([oktober] 1969) - in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])
-
- Keywords
- Kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at the same velocity...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #21 (June 1952)
-
- Keywords
- meteors
[no title indexed]
Snapper / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Snapper, the rodeo is in town!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Snapper
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #8 (August 1951)
-
The Man Who Talked to Animals
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And now I will call upon Jungle Joe to speak in animal language...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu; Jungle Joe; Roger Oakes
- Synopsis
- Jungle Joe can speak to animals, and has Bill bring three witnesses into court to testify against ivory poacher Roger Oakes - a lion, a giraffe and a baboon!
[no title indexed]
Tricksy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Job Number
- 3016
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tricksy will now subject himself to something only he can do!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tricksy
Wanted: A Teen-Age Code
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- After Dave unthinkingly goes along with some bad behavior by his friends, he realizes his mistake and decides to develop a code of conduct for everyone at his school to follow.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Space Chump No. 1
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I told Tim to shoot those dangerous beasts with a stun-ray...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Tim Kelly
- Synopsis
- Tim Kelly is the son of a former hero of the Planeteers, and is a legacy to join the force. Tommy is assigned to his training, but young Tim fouls up every mission he attempts.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superman's New Uniform!
Superman -
1.
Draw Bob Hope!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
Superman's New Uniform!
Superman -
3.
The Kings of Comedy!
-
4.
["All meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere at the same velocity..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That -
5.
["Snapper, the rodeo is in town!"]
Snapper -
6.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
7.
The Man Who Talked to Animals
Congo Bill -
8.
The Man Who Battled Pain
-
9.
["Tricksy will now subject himself to something only he can do!"]
Tricksy -
10.
Wanted: A Teen-Age Code
-
11.
Space Chump No. 1
Tommy Tomorrow -
12.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps -
13.
[no title indexed]
Nutty Putty -
14.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
16.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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