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Action Comics 216

ACTION COMICS #216

Cover Date: May 1956
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1956-03-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Menace of Metropolis" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #105/3; next in World's Finest Comics #82)

Supporting Character(s):

Jor-El (in flashback between flashback in World's Finest Comics #146, in a diary entry; shoots war weapons into space which end up on Earth)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #6 (January 1965) [Retitled "The Hyper-Menace of Krypton"


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Second Story: "The Jungle of Doom" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #215/2 and #217/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #215/2 and #217/2)
Chota the Chimp

Villain(s):

Tod Craven (first appearance; poses as his brother to get to a gold mine)

Location(s):

somewhere in Africa


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Third Story: "The Space Safari!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
Assistant editingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #215/3 and #218/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #215/3 and #218/3)

Other Character(s):

unidentified Planeteers

Location(s):

Earth (in the year 2056)
a "Jungle asteroid"


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