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Issue: Action Comics #255
Publication Date: August 1959
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Issues: #255 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Bride of Bizarro!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois Lane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] published November 2002
as The Villains [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Bride of Bizarro! [Action Comics #255 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Sports Council
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Bride of Bizarro!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Bizarro; Bizarro-Lois Lane; New Bizarro
Synopsis: Bizarro keeps the real Superman from revealing to Lois that she has been proposed to by Bizarro's duplicate, whom he calls New Bizarro, with a kryptonite meteorite, but Lois realizes New Bizarro is not the true Man of Steel. But New Bizarro doesn't give up easily, and the duplicates fight each other. Bizarro seeks out Superman's help and destroys the kryptonite, turning it into a dust cloud which destroys New Bizarro. Bizarro resumes courting Lois, until Lois creates a duplicate of herself so that Bizarro can have his own Bizarro-Lois.
Reprinting
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #6 published January 1965
as The Battle with Bizarro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Fifties #[nn] published November 2002
as The Bride of Bizarro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman #1 published November 2005
as The Bride of Bizarro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: Story continues from previous issue.
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Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Credits
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Feature(s): Fun Shop
First Line: What plant stands for four?
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Pages: 0.5
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Abominable Snowman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle, superhero
Character(s): Congo Bill; Congorilla; The Abominable Snowman (villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #43 published January 1959
as The Abominable Snowman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Let's go in here, Jerry! It's darling!
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Pages: 0.5
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Honey, rush over to the Superb Studios...
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Pages: 0.67
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Coming Super-Attractions

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman; Superboy; Adventure Comics
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Supergirl Visits the 21st Century!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; Linda Lee]; Superman (behind-the-scenes); Tommy Tomorrow (as a child, earliest chronological appearance); Mr. Tomorrow (introduction); Mrs. Tomorrow (introduction); Jik of Mars
Synopsis: Supergirl takes her first flight across the time-barrier from 1959 into the future, about a hundred years hence. She secretly observes a brilliant young orphan named Tommy on an asteroid orphanage. Tommy is told by the headmaster that a scientist and his wife have asked to adopt the boy with the best scientific mind, and he has been chosen. Supergirl ensures that the couple, the Tomorrows, make it to the orphanage successfully.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Superman Family #179 published October 1976
as Supergirl Visits the 21st Century! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #36 published July 1985
as Supergirl Visita o Século XXI! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupergirl Archives #1 published December 2001
as Supergirl Visits the 21st Century! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Supergirl #1 published January 2007
as Supergirl Visits the 21st Century! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Disclose Notes: Note: This story reveals that Tommy Tomorrow was adopted. (Crisis On Infinite Earths #12 would later infer that he was born Thomas Blank, the paternal grandson of Buddy Blank a.k.a. OMAC).
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Pages: 0.33
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
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Bill's Vacation Gift from Dad!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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