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Action Comics #221

DC · Series began 1938 · October 1956

Dates

Cover date
October 1956
On sale
August 21, 1956
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer, Howard Sherman, Jim Mooneyinks: Al Plastino, Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, Howard Sherman, Jim Mooneycolors: Jack Adlerscript: Jack Schiff, Jack Miller, Otto Binderletters: Ira Schnapp

Stories

  • Superman's New Super-Power · 9.5 pages

    After destroying an asteroid in space, Superman becomes magnetically-charged. Lois takes the opportunity to prove once again that Clark is Superman, but he has a logical explanation.

  • Congo Bill -- Witch Doctor · 5.67 pages

    Bill tells of how he drank from the magic pool which gives powers to witch doctors. He convinces Bwanda, who as witch doctor has the tribe under his thumb, that his powers are greater. Eventually, Bwanda decides that his powers are waning and heads off to the magic spring. Bill and Janu follow, and Bill dynamites the spring so that no other man will be able to wield such power.

  • I Hunted the Sea's Fiercest Fish · 1.75 pages
  • The Sleeping Beauty of Space! · 6 pages

    Tommy and Brent discover a beautiful girl floating in a space capsule. On awakening, she declares herself to be Princess Vyra, from a scientifically-advanced race which existed on earth 15,000 years earlier. She has been searching through time for the perfect man, and has decided Tommy is the perfect candidate.

Reprinted in

Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956)

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