Action Comics
#241
(June 1958)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-04-29
- 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); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (assistant editor); George Kashdan (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Super-Key to Fort Superman!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Albi del Falco (Mondadori, 1954 series) #125 -
in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #17/1958 -
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: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
- in Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude (DC, 2012 series) ([June] 2012)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #55 - Superman - Der Mann von morgen 1 ([Februar 2016]) - in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Arctic; Fortress of Solitude; skeleton keys
Indexer Notes
Cover shows key to Fortress as a giant skeleton key.
The Super-Key to Fort Superman
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Batman; scientist
- Synopsis
- Batman has broken into Superman's Fortress of Solitude as a birthday prank, so Superman searches the place for clues.
- Reprints
- in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #19/1969 which is reprinted
- in Superman et Batman (Interpresse; Sagédition, 1967 series) #11
- in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([Summer] 1960)
- in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #173 (February 1968)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #12/1968 (15. Juni 1968) which is reprinted -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #12/1969 ([september] 1969) -
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #99/1 (5. Januar 1978.) -
in Superman Official Annual (Egmont UK, 1979 ? series) #1979 ([September] 1978) - in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #9/1979 ([21 augusti] 1979)
- in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #9/1979 (28. august 1979) [2. translation]
- in Supermann (Atlantic Forlag, 1981 series) (1981)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #16 (September 1981)
- in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [March 1988])
- in The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1987 series) (1987 [May 1989])
- in Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) ([October] 1998) [as reprinted in Superman Annual #1]
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
- in Superman Mannen av stål [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) ([desember] 2005) [4. translation]
- in Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude (DC, 2012 series) ([June] 2012)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #55 - Superman - Der Mann von morgen 1 ([Februar 2016])
- in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude (intro); green kryptonite; Joker (trophy)
Indexer Notes
Superman's original Fortress appeared in Superman #58 (May 1949), no resemblance to the current version. Called Fort Superman on the cover, inside it's called the Fortress of Solitude. Though the fortress key on the cover is shown as skeleton key, in this story the classic square edged version is shown.
The lower right corner of the splash page, which depicts Superman sitting in a chair and using his super-vision, is used as the illustration that appears at the top of the Metropolis Mailbag letter column in Action Comics #245-271 and Superman #124-145.
[no title indexed]
Video Laffs / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear, I wish you'd increase junior's allowance!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #3 (June-July 1950)
-
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Ha-Lights / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm just thrilled about visiting Hollywood...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #5 (October-November 1950)
-
[no title indexed]
Tricksy the World's Greatest Stunt Man / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Job Number
- 3046
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tricksy, I worry so about your being shot out of that cannon!
- Genre
- humor
The Great Jungle Hoax
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu; Chota the Chimp
[no title indexed]
Read 'Em and Laugh! / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mom, can I go out and watch the eclipse of the sun?
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry, would you go down to the Bijou Theatre and bring my brother home?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #185 (February 1953)
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #12 ([April 1959])
-
The Strangest Crew in the Universe
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tommy Tomorrow; Hal Carter; The Paradog; Robert Robo
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #30 ([March 1959])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Key to Fort Superman!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider Course and Products -
2.
The Super-Key to Fort Superman
Superman -
3.
["Dear, I wish you'd increase junior's allowance!"]
Video Laffs -
4.
Wings and Winnie Winchester Do a Good Deed
Winchester Roller Skates -
5.
["I'm just thrilled about visiting Hollywood..."]
Hollywood Ha-Lights -
6.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
7.
["Tricksy, I worry so about your being shot out of that cannon!"]
Tricksy the World's Greatest Stunt Man -
8.
The Great Jungle Hoax
Congo Bill -
9.
["Mom, can I go out and watch the eclipse of the sun?"]
Read 'Em and Laugh! -
10.
Glad to See You!
Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman -
11.
["Jerry, would you go down to the Bijou Theatre and bring my brother home?"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
12.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
13.
The Strangest Crew in the Universe
Tommy Tomorrow -
14.
Nature's Prize Pupil!
-
15.
[no title indexed]
Bunker Hill Sporting Goods Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
17.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David Bromley
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Adam Spector
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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