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197October 1954
$0.10

Action Comics #197

DC · October 1954 · on sale 1954-08-25

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#197
Publication date
October 1954
Key date
1954-10-00
On-sale date
1954-08-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Stolen 'S'-Shirts!cover1pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]
2The Stolen 'S' Shirtscomic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Stanley Stark; "Swifty" Smith
4Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Chimp Who Became a King!comic story6pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Chota (chimpanzee)
7Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
8-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
10Death from the Skytext story2pencils: ? (title illustration); inks: ? (title illustration); letters: typeset
11The Masked Gladiator!comic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Sando (crook); Riki Mantos (crook); Ragso Harrington (crook); Frenchie LaFarge (crook)
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superman #1931967On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›

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Series context

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