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Action Comics 168

ACTION COMICS #168

Cover Date: May 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-03-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Menace of Planet Z!" (12 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in issue #167; next in Superman Vol. 1 #76/2; poses as Klarkesh Kenton, a Zorian newstape reporter; brings down dozens of ore rich asteroids to aid their development)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #57; next in Superman Vol. 1 #76/3)

Villain(s):

Olav (first appearance; a Zorian scientist who substitutes fakes for control crystals of the giant beasts)

Location(s):

Earth
'United States of America
Metropolis
Zor (first appearance; a technologically advanced world with few metals and no super-humans)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #4 (1961)


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Second Story: "The Meteor Mystery!" (6 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksRay Burnley
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #167/2 and #169/2)

Other Character(s):

A small asteroid community (first appearance; fires meteors at passing ships to keep them away)

Location(s):

An alternate 21st Century future


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Third Story: "Congo Bill's Last Fight!" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtEd Smalle
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #167/3 and #169/3)

Villain(s):

Kanazaka and his gun smugglers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Sudan region of Egypt


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Fourth Story: "Outlaws for Sale!" (8 Pages)
Vigilante

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #167/4 and #169/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Lock Belridge and his students (first appearance for all; runs an outlaw school then "sells" its graduates for criminal activities)


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