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Action Comics #56

DC · Series began 1938 · January 1943

Dates

Cover date
January 1943
On sale
November 10, 1942
Pages
68

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Meskin, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmaninks: John Sikela, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmanscript: Josette Frank, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Fox, Joseph Greene, John Hilton, Sidney Elias

Stories

  • Design for Doom! · 13 pages

    An insane architect tries to destroy some of America's greatest historical structures so that they might not overshadow his creation of what he believes to be the world's tallest building.

  • Melody of Menace! · 12 pages
  • War Hawks of Greenland · 6 pages
  • The Man the Whole World Feared · 8 pages
  • The Traitor · 2 pages
  • The Game for Life · 6 pages

    Bill uses a criminal gang's plan to dominate the natives with baseball against them.

  • Malta · Stamps · 1 pages
  • The Case of the Phoney Funny Man · 9 pages

Publisher’s description

Superman battles an insane architect who tries to destroy some of America's greatest historical structures so that they don’t overshadow his creation of what he believes to be the world’s tallest building!

Reprinted in

Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016)

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