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Issue: Action Comics #216
Publication Date: May 1956
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Issues: #216 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/27/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Super-Menace of Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: It's spinning a cocoon around me...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Super-Menace of Metropolis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Super-Menace (intro); Jor-El (flashback)
First Line: What is the greatest menace Superman could ever encounter?
Synopsis: When Metropolis is attacked by alien weapons, Superman discovers they were built long ago by his father, Jor-El.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #103 [1'- Cover Price] published January 1959
as The Super-Menace of Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #6 published January 1965
as The Hyper-Menace from Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled as "The Hyper-Menace from Krypton"
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Pages: 12
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Pages: 0.5
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"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery

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Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates
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Pages: 0.5
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Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Though we briefly credited Wayne Boring with the Superman figures, due to an error report from Keith Chandler, the consensus of the members of the GCD Main list was that Mortimer was swiping or imitating Boring.
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The Jungle of Doom

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Tod Craven; Jim Craven; Chota (chimpanzee)
First Line: Congo Bill! You going crazy?
Synopsis: Bill captures a criminal impersonating his own brother.
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Pages: 6
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Follow This Track

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Feature(s): Showcase
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Pages: 1
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Today's lecture will be on the philosophy of the ancient Inca Indians!
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In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #294 published March 1962
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Mystery of the Ghost Bomb

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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The Space Safari!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
First Line: (Gulp!)...I - - I picked the most dangerous trophy in the universe!
Synopsis: While traveling through space, Brent gives Tommy the wrong course instructions and they crash on an asteroid. Distraught, Brent resigns from the Planeteers, and takes a job as a guide on a Space Safari. Tommy disguises himself and signs up for one of the tours, eventually persuading Brent that was not responsible for the crash.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: What a jungle!
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In Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #75 published January 1963
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Davy to the Rescue!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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