Action Comics #187

(December 1953)

Draw Me! (Table of Contents: 1)

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman's New Super Powers! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Wayne Boring

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Stan Kaye

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I - - I don't understand! The Kryptonite bounced off him!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Ace Larner (villain)

Synopsis

Superman suddenly discovers that he has gained telepathic powers. A gang of crooks have stored a chunk of Kryptonite in a cave sealed with a leaden door, which prevents Superman using his X-Ray vision. The gang overpower him and threaten to set off a bomb in Metropolis if Superman does not convince the authorities to pay him a one million dollar ransom.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #7/1954 (April 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #7/1954 ([1993])

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

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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Horace Elmo

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Horace Elmo

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Horace Elmo

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Horace Elmo

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Which is the highest waterfall in the world?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Binky Says: "Know Your Community!" (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

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Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

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Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

The Plot to Capture the Crown! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Jack Miller

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Ed Smalle

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Ed Smalle

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You must stop the Black Knight, Congo Bill...You must!

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Sir Gelwyn; Sir Arnalt; Prince Harold; Gallo Halevy; Florez

Synopsis

Bill secretly enters a joust in order to secure Prince Harold's crown against plots by the prime minister.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #12/1954 (Juni 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #12/1954 ([1993])
• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #7 ([Circa 1956-1958])

Keywords

castles; coronation rituals; Graustadt (European kingdom); jousting; knights; Order of the White Garter; soporific drugs

Indexer Notes

script credit from Craig Delich

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)

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Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)

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He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India...

Genre

children

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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

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

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Can I do something for you, sonny?

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

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

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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Letters

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The Gifts from Space! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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Jim Mooney

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Jim Mooney

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Don't go into that alien ship!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dar Hal

Synopsis

A strange unmanned spaceship lands on Earth. Tommy enters and discovers a wealth of technology which is removed and tested by scientists. The ship then takes off, but a few days later returns, and this time a number of men board her, only to be overcome with gas and kidnapped into space.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #13/1954 (Juni 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #13/1954 ([1993])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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Match Cover Mania (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

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Raymond Perry

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Raymond Perry

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typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence, and art credits, submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Three Smashing Adventures (Table of Contents: 15)

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

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The Man Who Killed Vigilante! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Howard Sherman

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Howard Sherman

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Ha, ha...I gunned down Vigilante!

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Ben Whitaker; Eddie Meegan (crook); Bratton (crook)

Synopsis

The outlaw Eddie Meegan is threatened with death unless he shoots and kills The Vigilante.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #10/1954 (Mai 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #10/1954 ([1993])
• in Tomahawk (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1965 series) #2/1966 ([mai] 1966)

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

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

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fred Harman (signed)

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Fred Harman (signed)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Science-Fiction Book Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover.