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194July 1954
$0.10

Action Comics #194

DC · July 1954 · on sale 1954-05-26

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#194
Publication date
July 1954
Key date
1954-07-00
On-sale date
1954-05-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Outlaws from Krypton!cover1pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Mala
1Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Outlaws from Krypton!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mala and two other super-powered Kryptonians; Jor-El; Trigger Malone
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Bare-Handed Hunter!comic story5.67pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Mohair
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10The Impossible Space-Ship!comic story5.67pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyColonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
11Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
12Adventure in the Antarctictext story2letters: typeset
14The Unlucky Horseshoecomic story8script: Dick Wood; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid

Plus 6.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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