Action Comics #185

(October 1953)

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Novelty Mart Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman's Million Dollar Photos! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Smile, Superman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Isaah Pendleton (villain)

Synopsis

A meteor smashes through the window of the Superman photo exhibit at the Superman Hall of Trophies and destroys the vast collection of photos showing Superman in action. Isaah Pendleton offers $50 for every photo of Superman readers of the Planet send him. He then proceeds to set fire to them, al except the photo album he bought from Lois. Those 500 photos are now the only ones in existence and Pendleton auctions them to the highest bidder.

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Jerry the Jitterbug / 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

Wow! This looks like a good spot to park!

Genre

humor

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Sky Bar / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yippee! I'm a cowboy!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #10/1956 ([august] 1956)

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

The Hidden City! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I told you that Congo Bill would lead us to the hidden city!

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Ernest Bigley; Cecil; Robert Black

Synopsis

Bill journeys to Tibet to inform a travel writer that his uncle has died and left him a million pounds.

Reprints

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #11 ([April 1957])

Keywords

avalanches; Tibet; World Wide Insurance Company

Indexer Notes

script credit from Craig Delich

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

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Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!" (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

The Cosmic Jigsaw Puzzle! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the puzzle's missing pieces is in that comet's tail!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Eldred Tharn (villain)

Synopsis

Tommy hunts for the colossal weapon invented by the missing scientist Dr. Malden, but others with less altruistic motives are also after it.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

How to Find a Million Dollars (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Sequence, including art credits, added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

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Rex the Wonder Dog / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Treasure of Get-Rich Creek! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ramona Fradon ?

Inks

Ramona Fradon ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

B - - but, Vig...There's not an ounce of gold in this worn-out creek!

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Joyce Terrill; Mr. Deems (villain)

Synopsis

Lawyer Deems forces Joyce Terrill under threat of bodily harm to sign away her claim to an inherited gold mine. But The Vigilante finds small sacks of gold dust which her uncle had left buried under a tree near a river bank. As she had signed under duress the claim is still hers.

Indexer Notes

Art was previously credited to Bob Brown.

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Friendship Studios, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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MoToR's Auto and Truck Repair Manuals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)