Action Comics
#182
(July 1953)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-05-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
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in 
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Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
Indexer Notes
On the inside front cover.
The Return of Planet Krypton!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is Krypton - my home planet!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
- Synopsis
- Superman discovers a planet that is almost exactly like Krypton. It's inhabitants claim to be the last Kryptonians and want to invade the Earth.
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's stopped snowing at last!
- Genre
- children
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry, we're all out of Popsy cereal!
- Genre
- humor; children
The Quiz Game of Death!
Congo Bill / comic story / 5.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of those doors leads to the prize...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Droga
- Synopsis
- A quiz program sends Bill to a game reserve that is supposed to be populated with tame animals.
- Keywords
- Calcutta; elephants; India; photography; Rangiya Airport; television cameras; television quiz programs; tigers
Editorial Advisory Board
Superman DC National Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes illustration of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Victory by Reflection
Major Mars; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Top half of ad in sequential art form.
The Jinx Planet!
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes Tommy Tomorrow to challenge the jinx of Asteroid 13!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Chance (villain); John Burton
- Synopsis
- Superstitious beliefs have persisted into the 21st century, and after Tommy names a previously unknown body Asteroid 13 a whole system of irrational beliefs grow up around it. Tommy discovers that the crooked gambler, Chance, had faked his own death and was hiding out there until he was able to escape with his illegal haul.
- Reprints
-
in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #24 ([April 1957])
-
Indexer Notes
Formerly credited to Otto Binder, but not in Binder's records as printed in Alter Ego 147.
Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire
A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
Indexer Notes
In sequential art form.
The Amazing Crimes of the Lariat!
Vigilante / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So the price on The Lariat has gone up, eh?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Lariat (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Vigilante squares off against a robber who wears no guns but uses only expertly manipulated ropes to overcome his enemies.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Superman's Secret Message and coupon to join.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Return of Planet Krypton!
Superman -
1.
Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Return of Planet Krypton!
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn -
4.
["It's stopped snowing at last!"]
Dubble Bubble -
5.
["Sorry, we're all out of Popsy cereal!"]
Little Pete -
6.
The Quiz Game of Death!
Congo Bill -
7.
Editorial Advisory Board
Superman DC National Comics -
8.
Victory by Reflection
Major Mars; Popsicle -
9.
The Line of Stars
Superman DC National Comics -
10.
The Jinx Planet!
Tommy Tomorrow -
11.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
12.
Scanning the Sea Monsters
-
13.
Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire
A Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes -
14.
The Amazing Crimes of the Lariat!
Vigilante -
15.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
16.
[no title indexed]
Giant Beach Ball -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
18.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn
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