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ACTION COMICS #186
Cover Date: November 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-09-28
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in issue #185; next in Superman Vol. 1 #85; also in flashback to origin)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in issue #185; next in Superman Vol. 1 #85)
- Perry White (last in issue #185; next in Superman Vol. 1 #85/2)
- Jor-El (in flashback)
- Lara (in flashback)
- Jonathan Kent (in flashback)
- Martha Kent (in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- citizens of Metropolis
- Kryptonians (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Earth
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Smallville (in flashback)
- United States of America
- Krypton (in flashback)
- the Dark Star (first appearance; a celestial object nearing Earth that makes the planet spin faster)
Comment(s):
- As the Earth's rotation speeds up, people gain powers like Superman.
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #185/2 and #187/2)
Villain(s):
- Drago (first appearance)
- Drago's men (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Robert Ford (first appearance; a British scientist; discovers and then forced to mine uranium)
- Edith Ford (first appearance; his wife)
- captive villagers (first appearance for all; forced to mine uranium)
- Robert Ford's publisher (first appearance; advises Mrs. Ford they won't publish her husband's book unless she can photograph the claimed adventures were possible)
Location(s):
- Central Africa
- Nairobi
- United Kingdom
- London, England
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #185/3 and #187/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #185/3 and #187/3)
Villain(s):
- John Vince (first appearance; sponsors the Hot-Jetters as a cover for his gun smuggling ring)
Other Character(s):
- Planeteers commander
- Hot-Jetters (first appearance for all; young pilots racing in the space lanes)
- a native tribe on Asteroid 99
Location(s):
- Asteroid 99 (first appearance)
- Crystal Moon (first appearance)
- Earth
- Mars
Credits:
| Story | Dick Wood (?) |
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Tri-State Gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- race contestants (first appearance for all; Andy, Jeb and Sam named)
Location(s):
- Cherrydale (first appearance)
- Old Forge (first appearance)