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Issue Details

Issue	#223
Published	December 1956
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (assistants)

Cover Details - "The First Superman of Krypton!"

Characters	Superman; Jor-El
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #nn

12 page Superman story "The First Superman of Krypton"

Characters	Superman (origin); Jor-El (flashback); Lora [aka Lara] (flashback); Val Arn (villain, flashback); Khai Zor (villain, flashback)
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Is script by Edmond Hamilton or Jerry Coleman? (see 80 Page Giant Magazine #G31 for the conflicting Coleman credit.)
Reprinted	in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #193 (January-February 1967); in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G31; in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #1/1970

Half page Shorty filler

Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Cab Ride][First Line: To the Hotel Westmore, driver."

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Title, first line and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #30

6 page Congo Bill story "Janu, Jungle God"

Characters	Congo Bill; Janu
Genre	jungle
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

1 page public service announcement "Gifts to the United Nations"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff

2 page text article "How To Start A Stamp Collection"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Miller [as Joe Mallon]
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Amazing Future Toys"

Characters	Tommy Tomorrow; Sparky; Brent Wood; Nova Norton (villain)
Genre	science fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #185 (June 1969)