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ACTION COMICS #185
Cover Date: October 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-08-26
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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
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Credits:
Art | Al Plastino |
Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #66; next in issue #186)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #66; next in issue #186)
- Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #66; next in issue #186)
Villain(s):
- Isaah Pendleton (first appearance; after a major collection of Superman photos are lost, and by some odd fluke of a meteor's radiation new photos of Superman can't b taken, buys up any pictures of Superman which he in turn destroys so he can set his on price for the rare remaining pictures)
Other Character(s):
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Superman Hall of Trophies
Credits:
Story | Jack Miller |
Art | Ed Smalle |
Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #184/2 and #186/2)
Villain(s):
- Robert Black (first appearance; cousin of Ernest Bigley; wants to kill Ernest as he is next in line for an inheritance; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Cecil (World-Wide Insurance Company employee)
- Ernest Bigley (first appearance; a writer who discovered a "Hidden City" in Tibet; beneficiary of a vast inheritance)
- villagers
Location(s):
- Tibet
- United Kingdom
- London, England
- World-Wide Insurance Company
- London, England
Credits:
Art | Jim Mooney |
Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #184/3 and #186/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #184/3 and #186/3)
Villain(s):
- Eldred Tharn (first appearance)
- Tharn's cohorts (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Malden (deceased; first mentioned; created a secret weapon)
- Natives on Saturn's Dark Moon (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Asteroid 22 (first appearance)
- Saturn
- Saturn's Dark Moon
Credits:
Art | Ramona Fradon (?) |
Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mr. Deems (first appearance; a lawyer, attempting to take ownership of Get-Rich Creek)
- unidentified hired hands (first appearance for both)
Other Character(s):
- Joyce Terrill (first appearance; inherited Get-Rich Creek from her late uncle, Jack Terrill)
- Dave Ellison (first appearance; former partner of Jack Terrill)
Location(s):
- Get-Rich Creek (first appearance)