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ACTION COMICS #196
Cover Date: September 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-07-28
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (poses as Mental-Man)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Inky and his gang (first appearance for all; believe Mental-Man is real and force Fallon to help them commit crimes)
Other Character(s):
- Al Fallon (first appearance; staff artist at the Daily Planet; creates a successful comic strip called Mental-Man; forced by crooks to aid them)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #1 (September-October 1979)
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Dick Beeding (first appearance; poses as Jasper Troy, a circus owner, to retrieve stolen diamonds)
Location(s):
- Africa
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #195/3 and #199/2; is an umpire in a "Worlds Series")
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Gamblers (first appearance; try to fix games)
Other Character(s):
- Sportsmen from Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn and Mercury (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Mars in an alternate future of 2054
- Jupiter in an alternate future of 2054
- Pluto in an alternate future of 2054
- Saturn in an alternate future of 2054
- Mercury in an alternate future of 2054
Credits:
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Darrow (first appearance; uses tulip bulbs to transport stolen diamonds)
Location(s):
- Paris, France
- Rotterdam, Holland