Action Comics #186

(November 1953)

United Nations Day -- October 24th (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Haunted Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

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

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I need money for my date tonight with Ellen.

Genre

humor

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Suicide Safari! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Robert Ford; Drago

Synopsis

Bill agrees to perform a series of stunts that lead him to rescue a kidnapped geologist.

Keywords

bamboo; cameras; Geiger counter; gorillas; lions; mining; rhinoceroses; uranium; World Wide Insurance Company

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

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

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

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Little Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can't find him!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog (DC, 1952 series) #38 (March-April 1958)

The Hotrods of Space! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tommy Tomorrow

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #10/1956 ([august] 1956)
• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #6 ([March 1957])
• in Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space (DC, 1999 series) ([September] 1999)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Atom Goes to Sea (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller [as W. J. Miller, QMC, USN]

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

For the Thrill of Your Life! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

The Race to Old Forge! (Table of Contents: 15)

Vigilante / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Vigilante

Reprints

• in Batman (2ª Série) (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1961 series) #73 (Julho 1967) [black & white]

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)