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Action Comics #213

DC · Series began 1938 · February 1956

Dates

Cover date
February 1956
On sale
December 27, 1955
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Win Mortimer, Ed Smalle, Harry Lampert, Jim Mooneyinks: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Win Mortimer, Ed Smalle, Harry Lampert, Jim Mooneycolors: Jack Adlerletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoffscript: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Harry Lampert, Jack Miller, Otto Binder

Stories

  • Paul Paxton Alias Superman! · 12 pages

    Paul Paxton goes to great lengths to prove to Lois and Perry that he is secretly Superman, but it is all a ruse to get Perry to give him secret evidence against a gangster about to come up for trial.

  • Jungle King for a Day · 6 pages

    When a cowardly lion wins a publicity contest for "king of the jungle" Bill works to make the lion seem capable to avoid embarrassing Africa.

  • Ton o' Fun · 0.67 pages
  • I Hunted the Green Fire · 2 pages
  • The Robot Crook of Space! · 5.67 pages

    The Planeteers have a new weapon in their eternal fight against space crime. ALARM - Animated Lensed Automated Radar Machine - is a robot that can detect crime and criminals anywhere in the universe. Frustrated, "Labs" Logan constructs a duplicate, which commits crime. Tommy is only deceived for a short time, and brings the real robot to a confrontation with the fake.

Reprinted in

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1955)

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