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ACTION COMICS #224
Cover Date: January 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-11-27
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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton (?) |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Assistant editing | George Kashdan, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #110; also in flashback to birth and earliest chronological appearance, next in flashback in issue #378)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #110/3; next in World's Finest Comics #86)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #17/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #111/2)
Villain(s):
- Norton Larch (first appearance; a criminal; next in issue #513)
- Guy Blisher (first appearance; his accomplice; next in issue #513)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Vanley (first appearance; a scientist working on using kryptonite as an energy source)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Superman Island (first appearance; next in issue #513)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Assistant editing | George Kashdan, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #223/2 and #225/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #223/2 and #225/2)
Villain(s):
- a gang of criminals (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- the Golden Gorilla (first appearance; next in issue #248/2)
- native tribesmen
Location(s):
- somewhere in Africa, near the Iturbi Mountains
Credits:
| Story | Otto Binder |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Assistant editing | George Kashdan, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in flashback only; promoted from Cadet to Planeteer regular; last in ???; next in Showcase #41)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Todd (first appearance; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance)
- Planeteer cadets (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Earth (also in flashback)
- Venus (in flashback)
- Glass World (first appearance; in flashback)
- Water World (first appearance; in flashback)
- 'X-Ray Moon (first appearance; in flashback)
- Geometric Asteroids (first appearance; in flashback)
- Sargasso Jungle of Space (first appearance; in flashback)