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200January 1955
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Action Comics #200

DC · January 1955 · on sale 1954-11-28

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#200
Publication date
January 1955
Key date
1955-01-00
On-sale date
1954-11-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Test of a Warrior!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]
2Tests of a Warrior!comic story10pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morwatha (villain); Hun-Sha
5Cartridge Beltactivity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
6The Human Circus!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyColonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8CinemAnticscomic story0.5script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
11-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12The Man Who Doomed Whiskerstext article2script: A. W. Martinez; letters: typeset
13Bombo, Killer of the Jungle!comic story5.67pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Bombo (elephant)
14Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
World's Finest Comics #1621966On eBay ›
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ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn]
ISBN 0-89660-055-6		1995On eBay ›

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Series context

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