Action Comics
#243
(August 1958)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-07-01
- 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 Lady and the Lion!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
- Reprints
-
in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #137 ([December 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), (1995)
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
-
- Keywords
- billboards
The Lady and the Lion
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Circe; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- Circe gives Superman a potion that causes him to have the head of a lion until he discovers the antidote.
- Reprints
-
in Super DC (Thorpe & Porter, 1969 series) #7, #7 - in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #137 ([December 1958])
- in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961)
- in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966])
- in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 ? series) #22 ([Circa 1971?])
- in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([November] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good! There's no lights on!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #176 (October 1951)
-
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Goodbye, Bill! I had a swell time!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #160 (September 1951)
-
The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #26 ([November 1958])
- in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #15 ([Circa 1966 - 1968])
- in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #156 (March 1966)
-
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #947 (5 de noviembre de 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / 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
- Golly, Helen's father's car is sitting right in the driveway with a flat!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #7 ([November 1958])
-
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And if you have any complaints, we will refund your money!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #2 (February 1951)
-
[no title indexed]
Gag Bag / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Salesman: These socks are just the thing for you...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Collection of jokes and riddles.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Lady and the Lion!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
2.
The Lady and the Lion
Superman -
3.
["Good! There's no lights on!"]
Casey the Cop -
4.
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates -
5.
Wanted: A Pal!
-
6.
["Goodbye, Bill! I had a swell time!"]
Peg -
7.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
8.
The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid
Tommy Tomorrow -
9.
["Golly, Helen's father's car is sitting right in the driveway with a flat!"]
Varsity Vic -
10.
["And if you have any complaints, we will refund your money!"]
Shorty -
11.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
12.
["Salesman: These socks are just the thing for you..."]
Gag Bag -
13.
The Five from the Future
Congo Bill -
14.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifle -
16.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Stephen Mitchell
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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