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ACTION COMICS #160

Cover Date: September 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1951-07-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "Superman's Aunt Minerva" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dorothy Woolfolk (?)
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #53; next in Superman Vol. 1 #72)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #53; next in Superman Vol. 1 #72/2)

Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #53; next in Superman Vol. 1 #72)

Other Character(s):

Minerva Kent (first appearance; Jonathan Kent's younger sister)

Zachary Barnes (first appearance; an elderly gentleman in love with Minerva Kent)

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

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Second Story: "Mystery of the Little Worlds" (8 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton (?)
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #159/3 and #161/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #159/3 and #161/2)

Villain(s):

Jon Arley (first appearance; real estate magnate; seeks to stir discontent regarding the "Little Worlds" and take the land for his own profit)

Other Character(s):

Planeteer commander

New York Chief of Police (first appearance)

citizens of New York and of "The Little Worlds"

Location(s):

Earth

New York

"Little Mars"

"Little Saturn"

"Little Uranus"

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 2051.

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Third Story: "The Crime Circus!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #159/2 and #161/3)

Villain(s):

The "Crime Circus" (first appearance for all; a travelling circus)

Castor the Clown

Marvin the Magician

Ada and Bobo (aerialists)

Akbar the animal trainer

Other Character(s):

Bertie Haynes (first appearance; local police and an old friend of Congo Bill)

Baroness Van Alds (first appearance; robbed of emeralds)

Location(s):

Malacca, British Malaya

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Fourth Story: "The Capture of the Four Aces" (10 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Story	Dick Wood
Art	Bob Brown
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #159/4 and #161/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #159/4 and #161/4)

Villain(s):

Four Aces (first appearance; a criminal gang)

Other Character(s):

Willis Windsor (first appearance; an artist for an adventure magazine)

Mr. Dike (first appearance; his boss)

Location(s):

United States of America

an unidentified city out East

Butte Basin (first appearance; a town out west)

Dry River (first appearance; a town out west)

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-15/4 (September-October 1970)

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