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Action Comics 164

ACTION COMICS #164

Cover Date: January 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1951-11-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "Superman's Hall of Trophies!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Woolfolk
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (thinks Andriessen is trying to find out his true identity)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Three unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; try to steal Andriessen's archaeological finds)

Other Character(s):

Stefan Andriessen (first appearance; an archaeologist who retrieves trophies of Superman's past cases)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman #187 (June 1966)


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Second Story: "The Ape Man of Borneo" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtEd Smalle
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

A tiger (first appearance; attempts to kill Bill; dies)

Other Character(s):

Jenkins (first appearance; a former ivory hunter who got amnesia and thinks he is an ape)

Location(s):

London, England
Burma


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Third Story: "The Interplanetary Pet Show!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood

Villain(s):

Amoeba Men (first appearance; steal a giant pearl in search of calcium carbonate, which they receive after releasing their human slaves)

Location(s):

Venus
Venusopolis (first appearance)


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Fourth Story: "The Vigilante vs. The Prairie Troubadour!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Eddie Means (first appearance; an inmate who uses Greg's prison concerts as cover for prison escape)

Location(s):

Elkton
Red Sands Prison


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