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ACTION COMICS #168

Cover Date: May 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-03-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Menace of Planet Z!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superman (poses as Klarkesh Kenton, a Zorian newstape reporter; brings down dozens of ore rich asteroids to aid their development)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Olav (first appearance; a Zorian scientist who substitutes fakes for control crystals of the giant beasts)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Zor (first appearance; a technologically advanced world with few metals and no super-humans)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #4 (1961)


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Second Story: "The Meteor Mystery!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow

Other Character(s):

A small asteroid community (first appearance; fires meteors at passing ships to keep them away)

Location(s):

An alternate 21st Century future


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Third Story: "Congo Bill's Last Fight!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Kanazaka and his gun smugglers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Sudan region of Egypt


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Fourth Story: "Outlaws for Sale!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Lock Belridge and his students (first appearance for all; runs an outlaw school then "sells" its graduates for criminal activities)


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