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ACTION COMICS #188
Cover Date: January 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-11-25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | John Broome (?) |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in issue #187; next in Superman Vol. 1 #86)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (in between Superman Vol. 1 #83 and #86/2)
- Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #67; next in Superman Vol. 1 #86)
- Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #67; next in Superman Vol. 1 #86)
Villain(s):
- Cushions Raymond (first appearance)
- his gang (first appearance for all; Snake-Eye named)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Wilks (first appearance)
- his fellow scientists (first appearance for all)
- two armored car guards (first appearance for both; Johnson named)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Bald Mountain (first appearance)
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Project 9 (first appearance; site of a runaway nuclear pile)
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #187/2 and #189/2)
Villain(s):
- Mr. Shannon (first appearance; owner of a shipping company on Lake Lagune; secretly head of a smuggling ring)
- Shannon's crew (first appearance for all; Mike named)
Other Character(s):
- Sinbad (first appearance; a whale)
Location(s):
- Two unidentified countries
- Lake Lagune (an inland sea between the countries)
- Lake Hawthorne (an inland sea between the countries)
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Lettering | Ira Schnapp (?) |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #187/3 and #189/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #187/3 and #189/3)
Villain(s):
- a smuggling ring (first appearance for all; Findley Blaine named)
Other Character(s):
- an unidentified Planeteer
Location(s):
- Earth
- Mars (mentioned)
- Monster Moon (said to be one of Mars' moons; headquartrs of the smuggling ring)
Credits:
| Story | Dick Wood |
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ben Boulder (first appearance)
- his gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Highwire Hanson (first appearance)
- Pete Baker (first appearance)
- Jeb Fenton (first appearance)
- Andy Link (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Red Brush County
Story Reprinted in:
- World's Finest Comics #227/3 (January-February 1975)