Action Comics #180

(May 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Super-Telethon (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's that, Miss?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Syndicate of Five (villains)

Synopsis

Superman agrees to perform requests for super stunts on a televised charity marathon. One caller asks for him to swallow a bomb on camera, and is told he will as soon as the chainsaw cuts him in half! A gang of crooks try to get him to locate the missing loot of their dead boss.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #46/1953 (8. Dezember 1953)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #46/1953 ([1993])

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

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Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Superman DC National Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm convinced there are people on Mars.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #3/1954
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #3/1954

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

The Outlaw King of the Congo (Table of Contents: 7)

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 will find that rhinoceros easy game compared to me...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Kisumu; Mason; Hassid

Synopsis

Bill helps an old man escape the clutches of Kisumu, a diamond caravan raider.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #5/1954 (März 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #5/1954 ([1993])

Keywords

camels; Congo; diamonds; disguise; Nissara; the African Star Mine

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

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

Varsity Vic / 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

Vic! See if you can find little Alvy.

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #5/1954 (März 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #5/1954 ([1993])

The Easter Island of Space! (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

Why - - Why, it's impossible!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dr. John Garrow; John Kaimes; Tarnach; Karrul; Dorn

Synopsis

Tommy and Brent accompany Dr. Garrow and his assistant Kaimes into an uncharted territory of space. Upon arrival they find three moons in the sky, each carved with a gigantic face.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #3/1954
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #3/1954
• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #8 ([May 1957] ?)

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

The Adventures of Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

From Caveman to Swing (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (header)

Inks

? (header)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Superman DC National Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Lawman Without a Friend (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

V - Vigilante! Yuh can't be serious!

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Jeb Harper; Reed Fowler

Synopsis

The Vigilante and Stuff save an old acquaintance from outlaws, and find they have ridden into the nearby town's fun fest. The Vigilante sets about enforcing defunct, yet still on the statute books, laws, such as a mail delivery man carrying a gun on his rounds and another for whistling on the street after sundown, and so on. Stuff learns that he has had these men locked up for their own protection, as each had previously assisted him in capturing a notorious outlaw who has recently escaped from jail and is seeking revenge.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #3/1954
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #3/1954

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)