Action Comics #56
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Design for Doom!", a deranged architect with grand ambitions turns his sights on America’s most iconic landmarks, plotting to demolish them so his own towering structure can reign supreme. Written by Jerry Siegel and brought to life by John Sikela’s dynamic art and George Roussos’s sharp inks, this 1943 classic blends pulp menace with the era’s fascination with progress and scale. The cover, also by Sikela, captures the tension with a dramatic, eye-catching composition.
In "Design for Doom!", a deranged architect obsessed with architectural supremacy plots to destroy America’s most iconic historical landmarks, believing their grandeur threatens his vision of building the world’s tallest structure. With a mind twisted by ambition, he sets his sights on monuments that define the nation’s past—only to find himself at odds with the very ideals they represent.
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Reprinted in Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2017), Superman: The Golden Age #5 (2020)
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