• Genre:superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why is Superman taking all those things to his island?
• Keywords:green kryptonite; Superman Island
Universe:DC : mainstream

• Lois Lane
• Superman [Clark Kent]
• Perry White

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints (1)

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #118 ([May 1957] ?)

Writer credit by Bob Hughes.

• Genre:non-fiction; advocacy; humor; teen

• Genre:adventure; drama; jungle

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:No, no - - You mustn't kill golden gorilla, Congo Bill!
Universe:DC : mainstream

• Congo Bill
• The Golden Gorilla

  (first appearance of the second Golden Gorilla)
• Janu, the Jungle Boy

Synopsis:

Congo Bill meets a golden gorilla that seems to be intelligent and has to protect it from hunters.

Reprints (1)

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #13 ([June 1957] ?)

Introducing the second of three Golden Gorillas in the Congo Bill feature.

• Genre:humor

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hold it! Smile pretty, while Shorty takes your picture!
• Keywords:cameras

• Shorty

Reprints (2)

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #141 (November 1948)
• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #12 ([April 1959])

• Genre:humor; children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:'Bye, Mom! Every morning I leave early for school...

• Pete

Reprints (1)

• in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #19 ([August 1957] ?)

• Genre:non-fiction

• Genre:adventure; science fiction

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Watch, cadets! Those asteroids will now vanish!
• Keywords:2056 AD; Geometric Asteroids; Glass World; Planeteer Prep School; Planeteer Regulars; Sargasso Jungle of Space; Seven Wonders of the Universe [Venus Statue; the Nameless Wonder]; Venus; Water Wonder; Water World; X-Ray Crater; X-Ray Moon
Universe:DC : mainstream

• Cadet Tommy Tomorrow

  (in flashback to prep school only)

Synopsis:

In 2056, Prof. Todd recalls the first tour of the Seven Wonders of the Universe, in which the senior cadet from the Planeteer Prep School who solves a mystery will be promoted to the Planeteer Regulars. Tommy Tomorrow correctly deduces that the secret is a comet whose tail causes things to temporarily become invisible. He becomes the first cadet ever to solve the mystery.

This flashback tale tells about cadet Tommy Tomorrow's graduation from the Planeteer Prep School.

Chronologically, the events in Showcase #41 follow the flashback portion of this story.

According to the editorial page in DC Special #27 (Apr-May 1977), the story in that issue occurs in 2056 during the height of Tommy's career, placing it somewhere between Action Comics #212 and #226. Given that the Tommy Tomorrow of 2056 is not depicted in his own feature in Action Comics #224 (he appears only in flashback to an earlier time), it is logical to assume that his exploits in DC Special #27 occur during that absence.

A statue is depicted honoring Capt. Jon Hale as the first spaceman to land on Venus in 1981.