Action Comics #192

(May 1954)

Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

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

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stop wasting time, Superman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jasper Coldstone

Synopsis

Perry White hires efficiency expert Jasper Coldstone to increase productivity at the Daily Planet. When he attaches himself to Superman he causes no end of headaches.

Reprints

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #90 ([February 1955])

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

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)

Bad Boys of the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congo Bill, we'll never catch those crooks...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Captain Kwami

Synopsis

Janu helps Bill capture a group of diamond thieves by falling in with the local children.

Keywords

camels; diamonds; monkeys; stereotyping of Arabs

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

Scripto Pens and Pencils / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Shorty / comic story / 2 pages (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

Good morning. Do you have an appointment?

Genre

humor

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

Jerry the Jitterbug / 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

Phooey! What a car!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #15/1954 (Juli 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #15/1954 ([1993])
• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #8 ([May 1957] ?)

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

The Singing Spaceman! (Table of Contents: 10)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But if my voice fails, this city is doomed!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Rahl Kar

Synopsis

The Tri-Planet Bandits steal a batch of cosmic crystals from scientist Rahl Kar. These crystals expand to gigantic size when exposed to air, and only the singing of a live performer can shatter them. Tommy broadcasts over the air as 'The Singing Spaceman' and instantly gains a teen following.

Reprints

• in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #102 ([August 1957])

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman TV Show / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Million-to-One Shot (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

"Presidents" Quiz (Table of Contents: 13)

Quizzlers / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

The Red Dust Bandit! (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Great thunder, Vigilante...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid

Synopsis

A masked crook gets the better of Vigilante and Stuff. He then changes clothes and is mistaken for the Singing Troubadour, Greg Sanders himself. Knocking out Stuff, he forces the real Greg to let him substitute on the broadcast, then embarks on a crime spree.

Reprints

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #405 (October 1971)

Indexer Notes

Script mistakenly credited to Cameron in Action Comics #405's reprint.

The Line of Stars Presents (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)