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SUPERMAN #185

Cover Date: April 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1966-02-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Superman's Achilles' Heel!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman (?)
ArtPete Costanza
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (due to red kryptonite exposure is given an "Achilles' Heel;" last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #63; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #92)
Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Gat" Gronn (first appearance; an actor turned gang leader)
his gang (first appearance of all)
his fellow prison inmates (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
four "rich, spoiled" teenagers (first appearance of all; climbed Mount Everest on a dare and caught in a rock slide)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Achilles (in flashbacks; dies)
Achilles’s mother (in flashback)
Ajax (in flashback)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Mount Everest


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Second Story: Part I: "Target Superman!" (16 Pages)
Part II: "The Irresistible Clark Kent!"

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman (?)
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #92)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in issue #186)
Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #336/2)
Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in issue #186/2)
Look-Alike Squad (last/next in ???)
Ar-Rone (double for Perry White; last in ???; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78)
Sylvia Van-Zee (double for Lois Lane; in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3 and #78)
Ti-Arra (double for Lana Lang; in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3 and #78)
Vol-Don (double for Clark Kent; takes the place of the malfunctioning Superman Robot XM21, which had been posing as Clark Kent; falls in love with Dolores Rivera; last in issue #177; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78)
Zol-Lar (double for Jimmy Olsen; last in ???; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78)

Other Character(s):

Superman Robots (first appearance of Superman Robot XM21, the most advanced robot to date)
Dolores Rivera (first appearance; heiress daughter of Jose Rivera)
Jose Rivera (first appearance; a South American multi-millionaire)
Manuel (first appearance; a confidant of Jose Rivera)
various citizens around the world

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

The Look-Alike Squad celebrate an anniversary in Kandor.


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