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168May 1952
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Action Comics #168

DC · May 1952 · on sale 1952-03-24

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#168
Publication date
May 1952
Key date
1952-05-00
On-sale date
1952-03-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Menace from Planet Z!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]
1Happy Hobby Time!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy; Frank
2The Menace of Planet Z!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent; also as Klarkash Kenton]; Olav; Jamar; Lura Lajos; Lois Lane (cameo)
4-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
6The Meteor Mystery!comic story5.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray BurnleyColonel Tommy Tomorrow
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
10-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete; Herky
11Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
12Congo Bill's Last Fight!comic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Commissioner Alvin Blake; Kanazaka
14Heroes on Red Truckstext article2script: B. Fairbanks
15-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
16-in-house column0.33letters: typeset
17Outlaws for Sale!comic story7.67pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Belridge (crook); Barber; Len Finny; Jerry
19The Dripping Coin Trick!activity1script: Al McLean; pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean; letters: Al McLean
20Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dogpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.82 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superman Annual #41961On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›

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Series context

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