Action Comics Vol 1 56

Action Comics Vol 1 #56 Published Released January, 1943 November 17, 1942 Issue Details Pages 68 Original Price $0.10 Cover Artists John Sikela Publisher DC Comics Indicia Publisher Detective Comics, Inc. Brand/Imprint A Superman DC Publication "Design for Doom" Writers Jerry Siegel Pencilers John Sikela Inkers George Roussos "Melody of Menace" Pencilers Mort Meskin Inkers George Roussos "War Hawks of Greenland" Pencilers Louis Cazeneuve "The Man the Whole World Feared" Writers Joseph Greene Pencilers Bernard Baily Inkers Bernard Baily "The Game for Life" "The Case of the Phony Funny Man" Pencilers Joseph Sulman Inkers Joseph Sulman Previous Issue Next Issue Action Comics #55 Action Comics #57

Appearing in "Design for Doom"

Featured Characters:

•  Superman 

Supporting Characters:

• Lois Lane

Adversaries:

• Emil Loring

Other Characters:

• Perry White

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Washington Monument
• South Dakota
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Metropolis
  • Daily Planet
• Statue of Liberty
• Egypt
• Africa

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Design for Doom"

[1] plot summary at dcindexes.com

Appearing in "Melody of Menace"

Featured Characters:

• Vigilante I

Supporting Characters:

• Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  
  

Synopsis for "Melody of Menace"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "War Hawks of Greenland"

Featured Characters:

• 3 Aces

Supporting Characters:

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Synopsis for "War Hawks of Greenland"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Man the Whole World Feared"

Featured Characters:

• Americommando

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Nazis
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Doctor Ito

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Berlin, Germany
  
  

Synopsis for "The Man the Whole World Feared"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Game for Life"

Featured Characters:

• Congo Bill

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

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Synopsis for "The Game for Life"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Case of the Phony Funny Man"

Featured Characters:

•  Zatara 

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "The Case of the Phony Funny Man"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• Design for Doom is reprinted in 'Action Comics Archives, Volume 4.

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