Cover: Al Plastino

Action Comics #220

Sep 1956 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Interplanetary Olympics”

In "The Interplanetary Olympics," Bill and Janu uncover a hidden underground world teeming with prehistoric creatures and primitive humans, where Bill’s ingenuity helps advance their way of life. The discovery leads to a surprising revelation: the lost ecosystem was created when a spaceship carrying inter-planetary cowboys crash-landed on Earth, stranding its passengers and passengers alike. Art by Howard Sherman and a cover by Al Plastino bring this 1956 adventure to life in a 10-cent comic.

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artist, inker Howard Sherman · cover Al Plastino

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artist, inker Howard Sherman

cover pencils, inks Al Plastino

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Bill and Janu stumble into a lost underground world full of prehistoric animals and primitive cave men. Bill teaches the men some fundamentals which will make their lives easier, such as the wheel and simple irrigation. The existence of this unlikely habitat is explained when Bill finds a set of photographs, which reveal that the animals were stranded on Earth when a ship belonging to some inter-planetary cowboys was forced off-course.

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