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176January 1953
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Action Comics #176

DC · January 1953 · on sale 1952-11-26

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#176
Publication date
January 1953
Key date
1953-01-00
On-sale date
1952-11-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Muscles for Money!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman [Clark Kent]
2Muscles for Moneycomic story12pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Million-Dollar Marvin (villain)
4Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
5The Man-Eater of Mandalao!comic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Mingo (tiger)
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
9-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffVarsity Vic
10Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
11The End of the Planeteers!comic story5.67pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyColonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dr. Jan Morris (villain)
13Coins of Destinytext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp; editing: Jack SchiffBuzzy Brown
15The Impossible Legendcomic story8script: Dick Wood; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownThe Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Outlaw Benton (villain); Deputy Blake; Deputy Carter; Deputy Wright
16Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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