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ACTION COMICS #180

Cover Date: May 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-03-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Super Telethon" (12 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

StoryBill Woolfolk
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in issue #179; next in Superman Vol. 1 #82)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in issue #179; next in Superman Vol. 1 #82)

Villain(s):

Turk Kane (first appearance; a Metropolis crime boss; aka Thomas Turkan; killed)
The Syndicate of Five (first appearance for all; former lieutenants of Turk Kane; Butcher Billy and Sammy the Reptile named)

Other Character(s):

telethon hosts and staffers
television viewers

Location(s):

Earth
Arctic Circle
an ice mountain
Mount Kalawa (location unknown)
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: "The Outlaw King of the Congo" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #179/2 and #181/2)

Villain(s):

King Kisumu and his raiders (first appearance for all; Hassid named)

Other Character(s):

Mason (first appearance; an elderly man searching for his lost son)
a caravan carrying diamonds (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Central Africa
unidentified location
Nissara (mentioned)
Africa Star Mine (mentioned)


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Third Story: "The Easter Island of Space!" (6 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton (?)
ArtJim Mooney
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #179/3 and #181/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #179/3 and #181/3)

Villain(s):

John Kaimes (first appearance; Dr. Garrow's assistant; dies)
Tarnach (first appearance; in flashback; an evil scientist; dies)

Other Character(s):

Dr. John Garrow (first appearance; an astronomer)
Karrul (first appearance;; in flashback; a scientist; dies)
Dorn (first appearance; in flashback; a scientist; dies)
citizens of the unidentified planet (in flashback)

Location(s):

Earth
Planeteer Headquarters
an unidentified planet (first appearance; also in flashback)
its three moons (carved to resemble Karrul, Dorn and Tarnach)


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Fourth Story: "The Lawman Without a Friend" (8 Pages)
Vigilante

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #179/4 and #181/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #179/4 and #181/4)
Rustler (not named)

Villain(s):

"Mad Coyote" Meegan (first appearance)
his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jeb Harper (first appearance)

Location(s):

Banditville (first appearance)
Sagebrush City (first appearance)


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