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Action Comics , #208

Published: September 1955

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The Magic of Mr. Mxyztplk!

Story Featuring Superman

"What's the name of the ancient king whose statue you just dug up, Superman?"

Storyline

Superman emerges from an archaeological dig with a statue bearing the name "Namrepus", which is Superman spelled backwards.

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The Magic of Mr. Mxyztplk

Story Featuring Superman

"Please, Superman - - stop him!"

Storyline

Mr. Mxyztplk comes to Earth with a plot to make Superman and his friends vanish into the Eighth Dimension by getting them to say their names backwards.

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Story Notes

Bill Woolfolk originally credited as writer, but this story does not appear in his records. Mxy does not send his victims to his own Fifth Dimension, but into the Eighth Dimension where they sleep for 24 hours before returning to our own Third Dimension.

Wishing Big

Story Featuring Peg

"It's a beautiful night for a drive, isn't it, Peg?"

Storyline

Peg is not one to settle for small wishes.

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The Fortress of Space

Story Featuring Tommy Tomorrow

"Fellow Legionnaires, we welcome to our ranks -- our newest member -- Tommy Tomorrow!"

Storyline

While pretending to suffer from amnesia, Tommy joins an interplanetary syndicate of crime, in order to bring them to justice.

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Story Notes

Chief Hawkke dubs the supposedly-amnesiac Tommy Tomorrow as "Johnny Jupiter".

How Do You Spell "Relief"? "I-n-d-i-g-e-s-t-i-o-n!"

Story Featuring Little Pete

"Hello, Mom!"

Storyline

Indigestion causes Pete to stay after school, but not for the reason his mom thinks.

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Story Notes

Top half of page.

Nit-Picker

Story Featuring Shorty

"The jackpot winner is -- Shorty!"

Storyline

Shorty wins a huge jackpot of prizes in a contest, but still finds something to complain about.

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Congo Bill's Last Adventure

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"You didn't believe a mastodon still existed, Congo Bill!"

Storyline

Congo Bill leads a photojournalist in pursuit of a mastodon living in modern Africa.

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If You Get a Stunning $10.98 Dress Without Paying 1¢...

"...Will you wear and show it in your community?"

Story Notes

Ad for selling dresses for Fashion Frocks by wearing the dresses to entice others into buying them. Color ad on back cover.

The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ

Ad Featuring Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System

"Look, Joe, let's see if you can make it right too"

Story Notes

Ad for muscle-building courses from Charles Atlas. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Do You Need Extra Money?

Ad Featuring Colonial Studios Greeting Cards

"$35.00 is yours for selling only 50 boxes of our 300 Christmas Card line."

Story Notes

Ad for selling Christmas cards for Colonial Studios, Inc. On final interior page of the comic. This exact same ad (in the exact same position - final interior page of the comic) appears in Felix the Cat (Harvey, 1955 Series) #64 (October 1955), but under the name of "Cheerful Card Company".

$7.18 Worth of Stamps

Ad Featuring Zenith Stamps

"Giant Imported collection of 338 different stamps"

Story Notes

Ad offering around the world stamps from Zenith Co. Lower half of page.

631 Movie & TV Star Pictures 25¢

Ad Featuring DeLuxe Photo Service

"Exciting new collection!"

Story Notes

Ad offering celebrity photos from DeLuxe Photo Service. Top half of page.

Landslide

"He thought the meek geologist was a weakling, but he came to learn how wrong he was."

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Prison Break

Ad Featuring Wildroot Cream-Oil , Ad Featuring Fearless Fosdick

"Gangway, Fosdick!! We're bustin' out!!"

Storyline

Three convicts escape from prison but, when Fosdick produces a jar of Wildroot Cream Oil, the cons return to get some for themselves.

Story Notes

Lower 1/4 of page.

Amazing Gold-Plated Miniature Spy Camera

"Measures only 2 inches wide and 1 1/4 inches tall......only $2.98 ea."

Story Notes

Ad offering a mini spy camera from Modern Merchandise Co. Lower half of page.

Superman's Secret Message
Daisy Gunbook Ready!

"For boys, girls, and dads"

Story Notes

Lower 1/3 of page.

Boys! Girls! Enter the Big Tootsie Roll Contest -- Now!

Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll

"Win one of these valuable prizes!"

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Story Notes

Contest rules are as follows: "Tell us why you like ... Tootsie Rolls... or any of these Tootsie Roll candies. Print or write clearly - your name address, city or town, state... and give your age... Every entry must be accompanied with 5 wrappers from one of the Tootsie Roll candies shown above."

Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!

"Help! The gorilla is loose!"

Storyline

Brave kids Judy and Jim hold off an escaped zoo gorilla with the nifty premiums they received by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve from the Wilson Chemical Co.

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Story Notes

Ad for Wilson Chemical Co., offering prizes or money for the sales of Cloverine Brand Salve. Among the many prizes offered in the ad is a live pony. "Look! Live Pony! Yessiree, a real, live pony for your very own!" Black and white ad on inside front cover.