Cover of Design for Doom; Melody of Menace; Warhawks of Greenland; The Man the Whole World Feared; The Game for Life; The Case of the Phoney Funny Man

Issue

Design for Doom; Melody of Menace; Warhawks of Greenland; The Man the Whole World Feared; The Game for Life; The Case of the Phoney Funny Man

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Description

Strange engineered disasters strike the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, and the Statue of Liberty in quick succession. Superman rushes to protect each monument in turn while Lois Lane works to uncover who is behind the attacks.

Issue Details

Series

Action Comics (1938)

Issue Number

#56

Release Date

November 17, 1942

Cover Price

$0.10

Cover Date

January 1943

Page Count

68 pages

Series Details

Publisher

DC Comics

Type

Regular Series

Status

Completed

Run

1938 - 2011

Issues Count

867

Genres

Slice of Life, War, Historical, Superhero, Sports, Crime, Western, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Anthro, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy

Format

Standard

Age Rating

T - Teen

Original Language

English

Language

English

Creators

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Bernard Baily

Bernard Baily

Penciller, Inker

Cliff Young

Cliff Young

Penciller, Inker

Edwin Smalle

Penciller, Inker

Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

Writer

George Roussos

George Roussos

Inker

Henry Boltinoff

Henry Boltinoff

Writer, Penciller, Inker

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster

Artist, Penciller

John Hilton

John Hilton

Writer

John Sikela

Penciller, Inker

Louis Cazeneuve

Penciller, Inker

Mort Meskin

Mort Meskin

Penciller

Characters

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Clancy

Clancy

Clancy the Cop

Fat Man

Fat Man

Robert Daley

Perry White

Perry White

Perry Jerome White

Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Tex Thomson

Harold Thompson

Zatara

Zatara

Giovanni Zatara

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Fog Fortune

Fog Fortune

Gunner Bill

Gunner Bill

Bill

Teams

Daily Planet

Daily Planet

Nazis

Nazis

Three Aces

Three Aces

United States Army

United States Army

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