Comic Title: Action Comics #244
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1958
On Sale Date: July 31, 1958 Copyright Date July 31, 1958
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Super-Merman of the Sea"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman #187 (1966)
Superman:The Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 1 HC (2004)
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 1 TPB (2005)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #124; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #32)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #124; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #32)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #124; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #32)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #124; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #32)

Villain(s)

• Vul-Kor and Lya-La (alien merpeople; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman rescues a space caspule that lands in the ocean. Upon meeting the inhabitants, two merpeople, Superman exiles himself beneath the ocean. The world is worried by Superman’s absence and sends a team to bring him back. Superman evades the team and constructs an underwater Fortress of Solitude.

The merpeople, Vul-Kor and Lya-La, have constructed a machine that will melt the polar ice caps and flood the planet. Superman agrees to help them, but Vul-Kor grows weak. Superman throws the switch which will melt the ice caps. Vul-Kor realizes that Earth’s oceans are poisonous to his people, and he and Lya-La leave Earth. Superman stops the ray from melting the ice. He planned it this way, as his Fortress concealed salt which oversaturated the waters, making Vul-Kor leave.