Action Comics #232
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1957
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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DC: Superman National Comics
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/13762
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, editor (Superman)
- George Kashdan, editor (backups)
Issue contents
Cover
Superman, Junior!
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
"Golly, Dad, this sure is a super-picnic!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman Jr.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- Jack Adler, colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #3 ([March 1959]) — Superman, Junior!
- Printed in
- Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
- The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) #[nn] (1995)
- Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
- Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) #[nn] (2020 [April 2021])
1Featuring
- Feature
- Cloverine Brand Salve
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- , editor
Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside front cover.
2"One day in Smallville, Superman's boyhood home, startled townsfolk see a flying youth perform super-feats again!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Superman, Junior [Johnny Kirk]; Superboy [C;ark Kent] (flashback)
Credits
- Writing
- Jerry Coleman, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #3 ([March 1959]) — The Story of Superman, Junior
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Superman's Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #3 ([March 1959])
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963) — The Story of Superman, Junior
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Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
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Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #4 ([September 1964?]) — The Story of Superman, Junior
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The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #25 (June 1982) — The Story of Superman, Junior
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The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #25 (June 1982)
- Printed in
- Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1961-1962 (1961)
- Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) #[nn] (2020 [April 2021])
- MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #10/1969 (10. Mai 1969)
Synopsis
Johnny Kirk's father blasts him into space because he thinks Earth is soon to be destroyed by a meteor. After Superboy deflects the meteor, he asks him to find his son. But Superboy is all grown up as Superman before Johnny Kirk returns to Earth, now with super powers. But Superman's own powers are disappearing due to contact with a space poison that was on Johnny's space ship.
3Featuring
- Feature
- 100 Toy Soldiers
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- , editor
4Featuring
- Genre
- Advocacy; teen
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
5"What a wonderful vacation I had..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Ollie
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
6"What is there about these colored pebbles..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Congo Bill
- Genre
- Adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Janu, the Jungle Boy; Tom Rader (villain)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Miller , scripter
- Art
- Howard Sherman, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
On a beach in Kampula, East Africa, Bill is waiting for Janu, when several policemen bring the criminal Tom Rader ashore. Janu has, in fact, been captured by a gang of ruffians, who demand that Bill dives to retrieve three boxes from the sea bed.
Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Art credits verfied by Bob Bailey and Gene Reed.
7"That's right, sir..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
Reprint history
8Featuring
- Feature
- Supermen of America
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
9Featuring
- Feature
- Zenith Co. [stamps]
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- , editor
10Featuring
- Feature
- DeLuxe Photo Service
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- , editor
11Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Text
- , typeset
12"The comet dust painted our ship a glowing green..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Tommy Tomorrow
- Genre
- Adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; "Nova" Norton [Henry Lord] (villain); Space Fishermen (villains)
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February 1973) — The Riddle of the Space Rainbow
Synopsis
Henry Lord, manager of the Space TV Network, recruits Tommy and Brent to fly through space with their ship arrayed in various colors for filming.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- , editor
14Featuring
- Feature
- Honor House Products
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- , editor
15Featuring
- Feature
- Charles Atlas
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- , editor
Notes
Inside back cover.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Junior Sales Club of America
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- , editor
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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