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Issue: Action Comics #226
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #226 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: 01/27/1957
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):  
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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 Invulnerable Enemy!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; the Petrified Spaceman
First Line: Even Superman can't stop the Petrified Spaceman!
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Pages: 1
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The Invulnerable Enemy

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; the Petrified Spaceman; Barnum Bolton; Lois Lane; Perry White; Lex Luthor (villain)
First Line: Great Scott! Even my super breath can't blow out that giant's breath of flames!
Synopsis: A petrified giant gladiator is discovered at an archaeological site. Master Showman Barnum Bolton exhibits him to a paying public. Luthor shoots a Kryptonite bullet at Superman's head, but it misses and animates the giant, who goes on a criminal spree.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #2 published January 1960
as The Invulnerable Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #D2966 published May 1966
as The Invulnerable Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #42 [Direct Sales] published November 1983
as The Invulnerable Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Jungle Joe, King of the Wilds

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill, Janu the Jungle Boy; Jungle Joe
First Line: Janu seems to get along even better with Jungle Joe than he did with me!
Synopsis: Bill contracts jungle fever and is laid up in bed. The jungle police send Jungle Joe to continue Bill's pursuit of the jungle raiders, and Janu takes to working with him with a will, even after Bill's recovery.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Jerry I hear you're selling your car!
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Superman's Secret Message

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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Danger on the High-Line

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The Secret of the Space Signs

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; "Dark" Starr (villain); Captain Brent Wood; Al Todd
First Line: Somewhere in these space billboards lies the key to my crime case!
Synopsis: Al Todd is a master space artist, creating billboards from asteroids and other space bodies. Crooks force him to reword his billboards in order to send unsuspecting space craft to locations where they can easily be robbed.
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Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co..
Inside back cover.
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Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Dick Butterfingers"

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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