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ACTION COMICS #218
Cover Date: July 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-10-28
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Assistant editing | George Kashdan, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #106/3; next in World's Finest Comics #83)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jor-El (in flashback, on a view screen; last in flashback in issue #223 (Page 5, panels 5-6); next in Superman Vol. 1 #141, (Page 17, panel 4 to page 18, panel 1)
- Lois Lane (in between Superman Vol. 1 #106/3 and #107/2)
- Perry White (in between Superman Vol. 1 #106/2 and #107/3)
Villain(s):
- John Trask (first appearance; a poacher)
- Paul Spender (first appearance; a poacher)
Other Character(s):
- Shir Kan (first appearance; in flashback; a Kryptonian scientist; dies)
- Shir-Kan's fellow scientists (first appearance of all; in flashback; all die)
- Super-Ape (first appearance; also in flashback; a Kryptonian gorilla, sent to Earth before Krypton's explosion; gains sentience)
- Super-Ape's family (first appearance of all)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in flashback)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Africa
- Metropolis
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- an unidentified planet (first appearance; new home for Super-Ape and his family)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over the course of a week.
Credits:
| Art | Leonard Starr |
| Assistant editing | George Kashdan, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #217/2 and #221/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Janu the Jungle Boy (in between issues #217/2 and #221/2)
Villain(s):
- Fred Troy (first appearance; co-owner of a diamond mine; attempts to scare off his partner, Jim Bell)
- a witch doctor (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Jim Bell (first appearance; co-owner of a diamond mine; believes he is jinxed)
Location(s):
- somewhere in Africa (near Mombasi)
Credits:
| Story | Otto Binder |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Assistant editing | George Kashdan, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #217/3 and #221/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #216/3 and #221/3)
Villain(s):
- a Kangaroo Fish (first appearance; revealed to be a sentient species from Uranus plotting to invade Earth)
Other Character(s):
- unidentified Planeteers
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over the course of two weeks.