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Action Comics #222

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1956

Dates

Cover date
November 1956
On sale
September 23, 1956
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Plastino, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Sherman, Raymond Perry, Jim Mooneyinks: Al Plastino, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Sherman, Raymond Perry, Jim Mooneycolors: Jack Adlerscript: Otto Binder, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoffletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • The Duplicate Superman · 9.67 pages

    Exposure to the military's new secret weapon, the Q-Bomb splits Superman into two almost equal selves. One has x-ray vision, the other telescopic, but otherwise they're equal.

  • The World's Most Amazing Animals · 5.5 pages

    Congo Bill has to capture a white lion, a tri-colored zebra and a flying ostrich. After his successful efforts, he learns that they were alien animals being transported to a space zoo.

  • Peril on the Mountain Peak · 2 pages
  • The Creature from Outer Space · 5.67 pages

    Tommy agrees to take a potion which will transform his appearance into that of an inhabitant of Zlovia. That race has threatened to destroy the Earth in 24 hours, but Tommy ingeniously destroys their weapons using common water, a substance rare on the Zlovian home world.

Reprinted in

Superman (1939)

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