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Action Comics #239

DC · Series began 1938 · April 1958

Dates

Cover date
April 1958
On sale
February 27, 1958
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Curt Swan, Wayne Boring, Rube Grossman, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Sherman, Jim Mooneyinks: Stan Kaye, Rube Grossman, Henry Boltinoff, Howard Sherman, Jim Mooneycolors: Jack Adlerscript: Edmond Hamilton, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Otto Binderletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • Superman's New Face · 12 pages

    Superman is caught in an atomic explosion and afterwards must bandage his face, or wear a lead mask, to keep anyone from seeing what happened to him.

  • The Puzzle of the Jungle Pyramid · 6 pages

    Bill and Janu are captured by international spy Judson Rader who is using slaves to build a pyramid in the jungle.

  • Gag Bag · 1 pages
  • The Toys That Stopped Space Crime · 6 pages

    Tommy and Brent pose as eccentric vintage toy collectors in order to capture a notorious gang of space pirates.

Reprinted in

Superman Annual (1951), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), All Star Adventure Comic (1959), Superman Annual (1960), Giant Superman Album (1963), Super DC (1969), Legion of Super-Heroes (1973), Superman in the Fifties (2021)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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