Action Comics, #221
Published: October 1956
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Superman's New Super-Power!
"It's Superman - - But how is he lifting us up into the air?"
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
- Colors: Jack Adler
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman's New Super-Power
"Superman's using his new power on us..."
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Perry White
- Lois Lane
- Jay Yorrell (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
from Daisy Manufacturing Company
Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Congo Bill -- Witch Doctor
"Congo Bill think he stop elephant stampede with his mumbo-jumbo..."
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Congo ill
- Janu the Jungle Boy
- Bwanda
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
I Hunted the Sea's Fiercest Fish
Credits
- Script: Christophe Darras
Story Notes
Second page after the following sequence.
Here Are the Prizes
The Sleeping Beauty of Space!
"This tops anything I've ever found in space!"
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Captain Brent Wood
- Princess Vyra
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Ad for Schwinn Phantom bicycles. Back cover.