Action Comics #174

(November 1952)

Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Editing

?

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Buzzy Brown; Joe; Mr. Brown

Synopsis

Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

The Man Who Shackled Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm trying to get loose, Lois...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; The Miracle Twine Gang (villains)

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

Scientists accidentally create a twine that even Superman can't break and it is stolen by criminals.

Reprints

• in Superman Super Library (K. G. Murray, 1964 series) #29
• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #70 ([May 1953])
• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #22 (1 de diciembre de 1953)

Keywords

kryptonite; radium

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How much radium is there in the world?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #22 (1 de diciembre de 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Safaris for Sale! (Table of Contents: 7)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't worry, Dexter! He won't hurt you! He's tame!

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Ed Dexter; Adam Conklin; Ned Wilson

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

Bill protects a gun manufacturer on safari against a murder plot.

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #22 (1 de diciembre de 1953)
• in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #72 ([May 1962])
• in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #231 (June-July 1974)

Keywords

British East Africa; Cape Buffalo; elephants; jeeps; Kenya; leopards; Nairobi; rhinoceroses; Tanganyika

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen to that boogie-woogie!

Genre

humor

Characters

Vic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sarge will be glad to see you!

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Lost Secret of Space! (Table of Contents: 13)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton ?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Strange indeed are the space mysteries of the 21st century...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

The Planeteers: Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
John Larkin; Martyn Dyke

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

John Larkin claims to have found a fountain of youth on a distant asteroid.

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #22 (1 de diciembre de 1953)

The World's Most Popular Toy (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Mel Helitzer (house name)

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #22 (1 de diciembre de 1953)

Indexer Notes

Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Big Town / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Big Features in One Big Book! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Lady Sharpshooter! (Table of Contents: 17)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The ambition of a pretty cowgirl to become the world's greatest shot...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Betty May Marston; Sam Bagley; Kenton

Universe

DC : mainstream

Synopsis

A young girl wants to become a sharp shooter, like her famous ancestors.

Reprints

• in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #22 (1 de diciembre de 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)