Action Comics
#179
(April 1953)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-02-25
- 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.
Supermanor!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, folks, here it is - - The home of Superman...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- sightseeing; tour buses
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in 
in 
Super Manor!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Suppose you could have Superman for a neighbor?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Miss Amanda; Miss Hepzibah
- Synopsis
- Superman is invited to pay a visit to hundreds of small communities during National Town Week. At one of these, the crowd clamors for him to come and live amongst them, but he declines, explaining how disruptive having him in close proximity would be. Nevertheless, they persist, so he chooses one spot - Mapleville. As predicted, Superman's presence causes major upheavals to all facets of rural community life, and the inhabitants ask him to leave.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What tree is cut during moonlight?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Superman Says: "People Are People!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
I Mined for Diamonds and Death!
Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't stop digging, stranger...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Kuji; Joad
- Synopsis
- Bill foils a diamond stealing plot.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #52 (circa 1969-1971)
-
- Keywords
- ball and chain; diamond mines; diamond mining; diamonds; gieger counters; radium; slavery; slaves; Spanish Sahara; wrecking balls
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / 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
- Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!
- Genre
- children
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm tired of reading pieces ...
- Genre
- humor
The Secret of Adventure Moon
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These stage-effect monsters look almost real, Tommy!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Brower; Jon Jarrel; Winden
- Synopsis
- Tommy and Brent are dispatched to investigate potential crimes at Adventure Moon, a theme park specializing in offering thrills and adventure, all carefully controlled so as to cause no harm. But the owner is crooked, and sends the pair of Planeteers along a trail filled with mortal dangers.
On Top of Your Head
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Eugenia Bedell (house name)
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry
- Inks
- Raymond Perry
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Sequence, including art credits, from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Coining a Phrase
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sequence, including art credits, from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Mountie for a Day
Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Vig...You can't go after those outlaws alone!
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Captain Purdee
- Synopsis
- In Edmonton, Canada, The Vigilante and Stuff are guests at an exhibition of skills demonstrated by members of the R.C.M.P. While a temporary honorary member of Troop 6, Vigilante helps his cohort to pursue a gang of fur thieves using hollowed out logs to float them down river.
[no title indexed]
Strange Adventures; Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The oldest symbol in comics...
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Supermanor!
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Space Squadron -
2.
Super Manor!
Superman -
3.
["What tree is cut during moonlight?"]
Quick Quiz -
4.
[no title indexed]
Necco -
5.
Superman Says: "People Are People!"
Superman -
6.
I Mined for Diamonds and Death!
Congo Bill -
7.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
8.
["Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
9.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
10.
["I'm tired of reading pieces ..."]
Professor Eureka -
11.
Supermen of America
-
12.
The Secret of Adventure Moon
Tommy Tomorrow -
13.
Superman Is on Television!
The Adventures of Superman -
14.
On Top of Your Head
-
15.
Coining a Phrase
-
16.
Mountie for a Day
Vigilante -
17.
["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
Strange Adventures; Detective Comics -
18.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
19.
[no title indexed]
Motor's Auto Repair Manual -
20.
[no title indexed]
Milky Way
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