Action Comics, #250

Published: March 1959

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Action Comics #250

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Issue Contents:
The Eye of Metropolis!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • John Bates
Credits
Story Notes

The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (1995 series) (Abbeville Press) lists Stan Kaye as inker.

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Eye of Metropolis!
Story 2 13 pages superhero
Storyline

John Bates has Clark Kent appear on his TV show "The Eye of Metropolis" in order to expose his double life as Superman.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • John Bates
  • Perry White
  • Lois Lane
Credits
Story Notes

Gene Reed and Craig Delich say Stan Kaye inked this story. We previously credited Boring.

Story 3 0 pages
The Family Favorite!
Story 4 1 page advocacy
Story 5 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.

Story 6 1 page
The Boy Planeteer!
Story 7 7 pages science fiction
Storyline

5 1/2 year old Dikky Hale joins the Planeteers and demonstrate a "sixth sense," knowing when disasters are going to strike before the Planeteers do. But Tommy quickly realizes Dikky is not who he appears.

Characters
  • Tommy Tomorrow
  • Dikky Hale
Credits
Story 8 0 pages
Story 9 1 page humor

"These people called for a coal delivery..."

Superman's Secret Message

Featuring Supermen of America

Story 10 0 pages
Story 11 1 page
The Dunce of the Jungle!
Story 12 6 pages jungle; superhero
Storyline

Scientists, having heard of the intelligent golden gorilla, hire Congo Bill to capture Congorilla. But Bill swaps minds with the gorilla and scuttles the scientists' tests.

Credits
Story 13 0 pages
Story 14 1 page
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.