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Issue: Action Comics #224
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #224 of 866 Issues (1410 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: 11/27/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Secret of Superman Island!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Stop! I made that island - - but no one is allowed to land on it!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #118 published May 1957
as The Secret of Superman Island! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1950s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Inside front cover.
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The Secret of Superman Island!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Vanley; Blisher (villain); Larch (villain)
First Line: Why is Superman taking all those things to his island?
Synopsis: Inexplicably, Superman creates a new island shaped in the form of himself. Despite Superman's warning to all approaching ships, Lois contrives to land there by row boat and finds all manner of strange machinery and equipment. She and a gang of crooks discover a vault containing vast quantities of green Kryptonite, and subsequently find that Professor Vanley had thought the mineral might be a universal power source.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #118 published May 1957
as The Secret of Superman Island! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

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Genres: humorous, non-fiction, opinion, teen
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The Golden Gorilla

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
First Line: No, no - - You mustn't kill golden gorilla, Congo Bill!
Synopsis: Congo Bill meets a golden gorilla that seems to be intelligent and has to protect it from hunters.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Introducing the second of three Golden Gorillas in the Congo Bill feature.
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hold it! Smile pretty, while Shorty takes your picture!
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: 'Bye, Mom! Every morning I leave early for school...
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Daredevils of the Deep

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Genres: non-fiction
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Seven Disappearing Wonders of Space!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Todd (in 2056 and in flashback); Planeteer cadets; Captain Jon Hale (mentioned)
First Line: Watch, cadets! Those asteroids will now vanish!
Synopsis: In 2056, Prof. Todd recalls the first tour of the Seven Wonders of the Universe, in which the senior cadet from the Planeteer Prep School who solves a mystery will be promoted to the Planeteer Regulars. Tommy Tomorrow correctly deduces that the secret is a comet whose tail causes things to temporarily become invisible. He becomes the first cadet ever to solve the mystery.
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Disclose Notes: This flashback tale tells about cadet Tommy Tomorrow's graduation from the Planeteer Prep School.

Chronologically, the events in Showcase #41 follow the flashback portion of this story.

According to the editorial page in DC Special #27 (Apr-May 1977), the story in that issue occurs in 2056 during the height of Tommy's career, placing it somewhere between Action Comics #212 and #226. Given that the Tommy Tomorrow of 2056 is not depicted in his own feature in Action Comics #224 (he appears only in flashback to an earlier time), it is logical to assume that his exploits in DC Special #27 occur during that absence.

A statue is depicted honoring Capt. Jon Hale as the first spaceman to land on Venus in 1981.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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