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Action Comics, #245

Published: October 1958

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Action Comics #245

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Issue Contents:
The Shrinking Superman!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman
  • Lois Lane
  • Zak-Kul
Credits
Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for various novelty items. Inside front cover.

The Shrinking Superman!
Story 2 13 pages superhero
Storyline

Lois accidentally releases from Kandor the criminal Zak-Kul, who traps Superman in Kandor and takes over his life. Lois marries Zak-Kul thinking him Kal-El, but he tries to kill Lois because she keeps asking him Kal-El's secret id. Kal-El, trapped inside the "Krypton City," uses one of the three remaining specks of Illium-349 to shrink himself even smaller and slip between the atoms of Krypton City's jar, then uses the second speck to enlarge both himself and the third speck. Zak-Kul meanwhile futilely attempts to hide from Superman by disguising himself as a mild-mannered reporter.

Characters
  • Superman
  • Lois Lane
  • Zak-Kul (villain)
  • policemen
  • pedestrians
  • Justice of the Peace
  • clerk
Credits
Story Notes

Otto Binder script credit from Showcase Presents reprint. Story synopsis from Ken Rowand. 2nd appearance of Kandor; see Action #242 for debut. Kandor is referred to only as a "Kryptonian city." It is depicted as a very wide-necked bottle like the Swan-drawn newspaper strip version, not the Plastino narrow-necked comic magazine version.

Story 3 0 pages
Story 4 1 page humor; children

"There are so real giants!"

Credits
Story 5 1 page
Do You Know the Legend of Superman?

Featuring Adventure Comics

Story 6 1 page
Lost -- A Free Education!
Story 7 1 page humor; advocacy; teen
Credits
The Interplanetary Scarecrow
Story 8 6 pages science fiction
Characters
  • Tommy Tomorrow
Credits
Story 9 0 pages
Story 10 1 page humor; teen

"Vic, pick me up at eight."

Credits
Wings and Winnie Winchester Bag a Thief
Story 11 0 pages adventure
Story 12 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

The illustration at the top of the letter column is taken from the splash panel of the Superman story in Action Comics #241. This illustration appears at the top of the letter columns in Action Comics #245-271 and Superman #124-145.

Story 13 1 page humor

"Casey, an emergency call just came through."

Credits
Superman's Secret Message

Featuring Supermen of America

Story 14 0 pages
The Secret of the Super Animals
Story 15 6 pages jungle
Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Janu the Jungle Boy
  • Professor Peters
Credits
Story Notes

writer credit by Craig Delich

Story 16 0 pages
Story 17 1 page
Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.