Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #201

Cover Date: February 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-12-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Challenge of Stoneman!" (12 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (in between Superman Vol. 1 #95/3 and #96)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between Superman Vol. 1 #95/2 and #96)

Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #95/3; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #4)

Villain(s):

Benny the Brute (first appearance; a mobster; declares himself in charge of a Stone Age village and takes up the name Stoneman)

Other Character(s):

Bates (first appearance; an elderly inventor; creates a time machine)

Stone Age villagers

a judge (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

a Stone Age village

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Second Story: "The Great Jungle Baseball Game!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (last in issue #200/3; next in Congo Bill #4)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (last in issue #200/3; next in Congo Bill #4)

Bombo the Elephant (next in Congo Bill #4)

Chota the Chimp (next in Congo Bill #4)

Other Character(s):

Jackie Stevens (first appearance; also in flashback; a major League baseball player; living in seclusion due to an accident)

villagers (Tommy named)

Location(s):

Africa

an unidentified country

Kurdu (a small village)

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Third Story: "Milkman in Space!" (6 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #200/2 and #202/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #200/2 and #202/2)

Villain(s):

giant space grasshoppers

Other Character(s):

Professor Stacy (first appearance; inventor of a mechanical cow; gone missing)

citizens of the asteroid field

Location(s):

the asteroid field (including the Grass Asteroid)

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