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Cover: Al Plastino & Al Plastino

Action Comics #224

Jan 1957 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Secret of Superman Island!”

Inexplicably, Superman creates a new island shaped in the form of himself. Despite Superman's warning to all approaching ships, Lois contrives to land there by row boat and finds all manner of strange machinery and equipment. She and a gang of crooks discover a vault containing vast quantities of green Kryptonite, and subsequently find that Professor Vanley had thought the mineral might be a universal power source.

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Cast · 10 characters

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inker Stan Kaye
cover pencils Al Plastino
cover inks Al Plastino

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Inexplicably, Superman creates a new island shaped in the form of himself. Despite Superman's warning to all approaching ships, Lois contrives to land there by row boat and finds all manner of strange machinery and equipment. She and a gang of crooks discover a vault containing vast quantities of green Kryptonite, and subsequently find that Professor Vanley had thought the mineral might be a universal power source.

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