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ACTION COMICS #161
Cover Date: October 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1951-08-15
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #72/3; next in World's Finest Comics #54)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #72/3; next in issue #162)
- Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #72/3; next in issue #162)
Villain(s):
- Knuckles and his gang (first appearance for all; trick Superman into leaving Earth for a Kryptonian colony world)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | John Fischetti |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (finds out his real father was Mart Black, a space pirate)
Location(s):
- Earth
- Adonis (first appearance; a populated asteroid)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in 2051.
Credits:
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #160/3 and #162/3)
Villain(s):
- Kroger and Morgan (first appearance for both; try to run workers out of an oil field)
Location(s):
- Borneo
Credits:
| Story | Dick Wood |
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Yates (first appearance; plan on repeating old robberies but not making the same mistakes)
Location(s):
- Copper City
- Red Sands City
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in late June.
Story Reprinted in:
- World's Finest Comics #225 (September-October 1974)