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Action Comics#223
Cover: Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye

Action Comics #223

Dec 1956 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The First Superman of Krypton”

While on leave visiting his relatives, Tommy's young cousin Sparky demonstrates his electronically-controlled model space ships. Tommy gets an unexpected call to action, and he and Brent pursue a number of "space monsters", which turn out to be a criminal ruse enacted by "Nova" Norton.

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writer Otto Binder · artist Jim Mooney · inker Jim Mooney · cover Wayne BoringStan Kaye

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artist Jim Mooney
cover pencils Wayne Boring
cover inks Stan Kaye

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While on leave visiting his relatives, Tommy's young cousin Sparky demonstrates his electronically-controlled model space ships. Tommy gets an unexpected call to action, and he and Brent pursue a number of "space monsters", which turn out to be a criminal ruse enacted by "Nova" Norton.

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