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192May 1954
$0.10

Action Comics #192

DC · May 1954 · on sale 1954-03-24

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#192
Publication date
May 1954
Key date
1954-05-00
On-sale date
1954-03-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Sped Up Superman!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman [Clark Kent]
1Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man Who Sped Up Superman!comic story12pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jasper Coldstone
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5Bad Boys of the Jungle!comic story5.67pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Captain Kwami
7-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9Superman's Secret Messagepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
10The Singing Spaceman!comic story5.67pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyColonel Tommy Tomorrow; Rahl Kar
12Million-to-One Shottext story2letters: typeset
13"Presidents" Quizactivity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
14The Red Dust Bandit!comic story8script: Dick Wood; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
15The Line of Stars Presentspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Action Comics #4051971On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3
1993On eBay ›
DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-215-9
2025On eBay ›

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