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ACTION COMICS #181
Cover Date: June 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-04-27
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (temporarily finds he can see through lead but not glass as well as his weakness to kryptonite has shifted to diamonds; last in World's Finest Comics #64; next in issue #182)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #64; next in issue #182)
- Perry White (in between Superman Vol. 1 #82/3 and #83)
Villain(s):
- Diamond Dave Delaney and his gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Quinn (first appearance; an astronomer)
- Admiral Sears (first appearance)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Earth
- Atlantic Ocean
- five miles deep (a kryptonite meteor)
- United States of America
- Atlantic Ocean
- two unidentified planets
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #180/2 and #182/2)
Villain(s):
- the Bwana Bandits (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Chief Naigoda (first appearance)
- witch doctor (first appearance)
- villagers (first appearance for all)
- Captain Cormwin (first appearance)
- Wimbly (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Africa
- Mombasa
- Manango (first appearance; a small village)
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton (?) |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #180/3 and #182/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #180/3 and #182/3)
Villain(s):
- Jon Skarth (first appearance; capturing mailmen to use their ships to loot other worlds)
Other Character(s):
- Aqua-Folk of the Aqua Asteroid (first appearance)
- Fire Asteroid natives (first appearance)
- an unidentified farmer (first appearance)
- Solar System Post Office staff (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Solar System Post Office (location unidentified)
- various asteroids (including the Aqua Asteroid and the Fire Asteroid)
- Pluto
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Stuff (in between issues #180/4 and #182/4)
- Rustler (not named; in between issues #180/4 and #182/4)
Villain(s):
- "Gold Dust" Grahame (first appearance; legendary prospector; fakes his own murder and tries to drive off other Ghost Town residents)
Other Character(s):
- Bert "Star" Dell (first appearance; peerless lawman and manhunter)
- Jim Derringer (first appearance; famed scout)
- Jess Haney (first appearance; greatest of the Range Riders)
- Mark Faber (first appearance; King of the Bronc Busters)
- Pete Ellison (first appearance; fearless stage coach guard)
Location(s):
- Ghost Town / Roaring Town (first appearance; population 6)