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Action Comics (1938) - #221
DC Comics


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Cover Date: October 1956
Cover Price: US $ 0.10

Issue Tagline: None.

Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue; 36 pages

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Synopsis:
An encounter with a comet in space gives Superman magnetic powers.

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