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199December 1954
$0.10

Action Comics #199

DC · December 1954 · on sale 1954-10-26

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#199
Publication date
December 1954
Key date
1954-12-00
On-sale date
1954-10-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Phantom Superman!cover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman [Clark Kent]; duplicate Superman
2The Phantom Superman!comic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; duplicate Superman; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
4-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
6The Interplanetary Bank!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyColonel Tommy Tomorrow; Mr. Mason
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
10Death on the Highwaytext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
11School for Hunters!comic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Gaston Greene; Taylor; Janu the Jungle Boy

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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