Comic Title: Action Comics #56
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: November 13, 1942 Copyright Date November 10, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Design for Doom"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: George Roussos

Reprinted In:
Superman-Tim (#4) (1942)
Superman:The Action Comics Archives Vol. 4 HC (2005)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Superman:The Golden Age Vol. 5 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #20; next appearance in Action Comics #57)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #20; next appearance in Action Comics #57)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #20; next appearance in Action Comics #57)

Villain(s)

• Emil Loring (a mad architect; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Gateson and his assistant (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman prevents strange disasters from striking the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, and other historic landmarks. Meanwhile Lois pursues an investigation of the Gateson Employment Agency. She is taken prisoner and sent to Africa where she meets the man behind the disasters Emil Loring.

Using slave labor supplied by the employment agency Loring, a brilliant architect, has constructed an immense tower. His attacks on other monuments were designed to eliminate the competition.

Superman traces Lois back to Africa and prevents an attack on the pyramids. He then rescues Lois, while Loring is crushed beneath the wreckage of his own tower.