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Action Comics, #249

Published: February 1959

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Action Comics #249

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Issue Contents:
The Kryptonite Man!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman
  • Lex Luthor
Credits
The Magic Card!
Story 1 1 page advocacy; teen
Storyline

A group of kids discover the library.

Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appears in DC comics cover-dated January 1966.

The Kryptonite Man!
Story 2 13 pages superhero
Storyline

Luthor takes a liquid kryptonite serum which makes it impossible for Superman to get near him. Superman makes a lead suit to protect himself, but Luthor has discovered a way to turn lead into glass. Eventually, Superman tricks Luthor into thinking he has become immune to Luthor's kryptonite radiations and Luthor takes an antidote, leaving himself open to capture.

Characters
  • Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]
  • Lex Luthor
  • Jimmy Olsen
Credits
Story 3 0 pages
Story 4 1 page humor

"Brr - it's cold here."

Characters
  • Casey
Credits
Story 5 0 pages

"EPO'U NBLF UPP NBOZ..."

Story Notes

Membership application form for the Supermen of America; also includes message in secret code (Code Mercury No. 1). Decoded message reads: "Don't make too many resolutions for the New Year. Make a few -- they will be easier to keep."

Just One Second!
Story 6 1 page superhero
Credits
Story Notes

house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #105 [first issue], on sale December 23, 1958

Story 7 1 page humor

"We will now hold the séance!"

Characters
  • Professor Eureka
Credits
Story 8 0 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Statement of October 1, 1958 No circulation information given. Publisher: National Comics Inc. 575 Lexington Ave, New York 22, N.Y. Editor F. W. Ellsworth Owners: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, F. Iger, I. Donenfeld; S. Iger, A. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz and A.S. Herzog as trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfeld, I. Rappaport and J.I. Golinko as trustees for L. Liebowitz and J.H. Liebowitz, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., Estate of R. Liebowitz, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.

The Man-Ape's Mountain Mission!
Story 9 6 pages jungle; superhero
Storyline

As Congorilla goes on a dangerous mission to rescue some plane crash survivors, the body of Congo Bill is locked in a shack which is about to be blown up.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Congorilla
Credits
Story 10 0 pages
Story 11 1 page humor; teen

"How do you do, Miss. I'm working my way through school selling vacuum cleaners."

Characters
  • Varsity Vic
Credits
Story 12 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Ginny Uhle; Sherman Updegraff; Theodore Ray; Philip Taylor; Oscar Schwartz; Pat Christensen; PFC Thomas J. Huber. Illustration from the splash of "The Super-Key to Fort Superman" from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #241.

The Gambling Asteroid
Story 13 6 pages science fiction
Storyline

Tommy Tomorrow seems to have become a compulsive gambler, but it's a ruse to uncover a crooked casino owner on the Gambling Asteroid.

Characters
  • Tommy Tomorrow
  • Brent Wood
  • Square Deele
  • Private Hale
Credits
Story 14 0 pages
Story 15 1 page humor

"You say this is your first time up in a plane, Pete?"

Characters
  • Private Pete
Credits
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.