Action Comics #238

(March 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Super-Gorilla from Krypton (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; King Krypton; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis

Jimmy summons Superman to Africa with his signal-watch when he encounters a gorilla with super-powers. Superman deduces that the giant ape is from Krypton, and later it sacrifices itself to save Superman from Green Kryptonite, revealing that it was really a Kryptonian human accidentally transformed into a gorilla.

Reprints

• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
• in Super-Heroes Battle Super-Gorillas (DC, 1976 series) #1 (Winter 1976)

Keywords

gorilla; Green Kryptonite

DC Presents Lois Lane (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes sir, you must lead a pretty rugged life!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chief Hot Foot

Reprints

• from Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #14 (November-December 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Ollie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number

#3018

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You stay here and answer when I shout!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ollie

Marooned in the Fourth Dimension (Table of Contents: 7)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tommy Tomorrow; Prof. Jaxon ["Genius" Jones]; Space Looter

Synopsis

Tommy Tomorrow checks out Prof. Jaxon's dimension cabinet, a gateway to the 4th dimension. Since Tommy suspects the cabinet is a hoax, he volunteers to test the device and is sent to the 4th dimension. But Tommy doesn't realize that he has fallen for the real plot of the professor, who actually wanted to get rid of him. When Tommy realizes that things happen a day later in the 4th dimension, Tommy takes the place of that world's Tommy Tomorrow in testing that world's dimension cabinet and returns to arrest the professor and his accomplice.

Reprints

• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #46 (1960)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #27 (1976) [N&B [B&W]]
• in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990 [January 1991])
• in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([May] 1992)

Indexer Notes

reprint information from Arthur Lortie

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Chuckle Box / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So this is your uncle's funeral?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

page of jokes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Golly! I caught you red-handed!

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop

Reprints

• from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #19 (December 1950-January 1951)

Do You Know What's Behind a Law? (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Jerry learns the importance of driver's education.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Tenderfoot Hunter (Table of Contents: 11)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu; Caspar Quirt

Synopsis

Congo Bill must deal with a man on his safari who learned everything he knows about the jungle from a correspondence course.

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American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)