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ACTION COMICS #205
Cover Date: June 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-04-26
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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
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Credits:
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #76; next in Superman Vol. 1 #98)
Other Character(s):
- U.S. Army soldiers and officers (including a General who makes Superman a sergeant so he may participate in war games)
- PFC Jim Carson (first appearance; in flashback; considered a coward for fleeing during a prior war game)
- PFC Fred Carson (first appearance; his brother; seeks to make amends for his family's honor)
- a young boy (first appearance; wanders into the war games area and is rescued by Fred)
Location(s):
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- U.S. Army Proving Grounds (location not stated)
Credits:
| Story | Otto Binder |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #204/2 and #206/2)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Ultra (first appearance; a criminal scientist in the year 2155; brings Tommy into the future)
- Dr. Ultra's gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Starr (first appearance; a Planeteer scientist)
- The Super Planeteers (first appearance for all; 22nd Century version of the Planeteers)
Location(s):
- Earth
- Planeteer Headquarters (later the Super-Planeteers Headquarters)
- Ganymede
Comment(s):
- The speed of spaceships in Tommy Tomorrow's world is mentioned, with Tommy commenting on the Planeteers' 21st Century top speed of 10,000 miles per second. In comparison, the 22nd Century 20,000 miles per second is a posted speed limit, implying faster speeds are possible. This is a small fraction of light speed which is 186,282 miles per second.
- The 22nd Century Super-Planeteers have the ability to travel through the 4th dimension, making a trip from Earth to Ganymede (400 million miles - in the story) take 10 seconds, about four times faster than the speed of light. In Tommy's 21st Century the trip would take hours.
Story Reprinted in:
- Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster) ([April] 1980)
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (last in issue #204/3; next in Congo Bill #6)
Supporting Character(s):
- Janu the Jungle Boy (last in issue #204/3; next in Congo Bill #6)
Villain(s):
- "Harry Harlow" (first appearance; visiting Africa with polar bears as an alias for his real identity as Jim Jackson, seen in flashback to years earlier following the robbery of a safari; dies)
- Alec Blake (first appearance; in flashback; Jackson's partner, presumably killed)
Other Character(s):
- local villagers
Location(s):
- Africa
- Congo' (beneath the Rwenzori Mountains)