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ACTION COMICS #190
Cover Date: March 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-01-27
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (in between Superman Vol. 1 #87/3 and #88)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (in between Superman Vol. 1 #87/3 and #88)
- Perry White (in between Superman Vol. 1 #87/2 and #88)
Villain(s):
- Mister Mxyztplk (last in Superman Vol. 1 #86/3; next in Superman Family #208/2)
Other Character(s):
- Rodney Applegate (first appearance; a young boy who saves Superman's life three times)
- Mr. Applegate (first appearance; Rodney's father; in flashback)
- sailors (first appearance for all; in flashback)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Atlantic Ocean (presumed; in flashback)
- United States of America
Comment(s):
- This is the final Mister Mxyztplk story published in the Golden Age.
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #189/2 and #191/2)
Other Character(s):
- Hector Beeding (first appearance; diagnosed with a year to live)
- Mrs Beeding (first appearance; his wife)
- Hector Beeding's doctor (first appearance)
- a guide (first appearance)
- a doctor in North Africa (first appearance)
Location(s):
- North Africa
- United Kingdom
- London, England
- Worldwide Insurance office
- a small village west of London
- London, England
Story Reprinted in:
- Tarzan #232 (August-September 1974)
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #189/3 and #191/3)
Villain(s):
- Jhan Jal (first appearance; a planetary dictator)
- his henchmen (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Jero (first appearance; a Venusian hunter; see Comments)
- Holk (first appearance; a Martian hunter; see Comments)
- Vorn (first appearance; a Jovian hunter)
- Krigo (first appearance; a scientist who created an invisibility)
- a Planeteer official
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The characters Jero of Venus and Holk of Mars may have been homages of Chris KL-99's supporting cast, Jero and Halk who operated in the late 22nd Century.
Credits:
| Art | Howard Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Running Bear (first appearance; secretly working with Leeds)
- Luke Leeds (first appearance; a rancher)
- a rude driver and his passenger (first appearance for both)
Other Character(s):
- Chief Tarkitan (first appearance)
- Professor Blake (first appearance)
- citizens of Red Dust City (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Red Dust City (first appearance)