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ACTION COMICS #199

Cover Date: December 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-10-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Phantom Superman" (10 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

StoryBill Woolfolk
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #73; next in Superman Vol. 1 #94)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #198; next in Superman Vol. 1 #94)
Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #73; next in Superman Vol. 1 #94)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in flashback in World's Finest Comics #105; next in Superman Vol. 1 #101)
The Phantom Superman (first appearance; a duplicate version of Superman, though completelu grey; later destroyed)
various criminals

Other Character(s):

government scientists (first appearance for all)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Luthor's Headquarters


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Second Story: "The Interplanetary Bank" (8 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #196/3 and #200/2)

Other Character(s):

Planeteer Commander
Mr. Mason (first appearance; bank president)
bank staff (a Uranian, a Jovian, a Neptunian)
bank customers (a Martian Flame Person, a Crystal Man)

Location(s):

Venus
Earth
Planeteers Headquarters
Mars
an asteroid
Water World (first appearance)


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Third Story: "School for Hunters" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtEd Smalle
EditingGeorge Kashdan, Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (last in issue #198/2; next in Congo Bill #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (last in issue #198/2; next in Congo Bill #3)

Villain(s):

Gaston Green (first appearance; plots to have a business rival killed)

Other Character(s):

Taylor (first appearance)
other students (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Africa
unidentified country on the Equator

Story Reprinted in:

Tarzan #233 (October-November 1974)


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