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ACTION COMICS #165

Cover Date: February 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1951-12-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Man Who Conquered Superman!" (12 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #56; next in issue #166)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #56; next in issue #166)
Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #56; next in issue #166)

Villain(s):

Crime Czar and his gang (Fleming; first appearance for all; Mayor's assistant)

Other Character(s):

Krag (first appearance; a super-robot built by Superman posing as a Mercurian superman who turns to crime)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #4 (1961)


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Second Story: "The Bank of the Future!" (6 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #164/3 and #166/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #164/3 and #166/2)

Villain(s):

Marvin Norrel (first appearance; uses Plutonian crystals to absorb heavy metals like gold)


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Third Story: "Blind Man's Bluff" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #164/2 and #166/3)

Villain(s):

Three crooks (first appearance for all; steal a valuable uranium map)

Location(s):

Rangoon, Burma


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Fourth Story: "The Second Vigilante!" (8 Pages)
Vigilante

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (gets amnesia; in between issues #164/4 and #166/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #164/4 and #166/4)

Villain(s):

Luke Potter (first appearance; a crooked real estate agent; poses as the Vigilante)


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