Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #192

Cover Date: May 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-03-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The Man Who Sped Up Superman!" (12 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Jimmy Olsen

Perry White

Villain(s):

Unnamed criminals (first appearance for all; breaking into a watch factory)

Other Character(s):

Jasper Coldstone (first appearance; an efficiency expert)

Hemmings (first appearance; obituary writer at the Daily Planet)

Location(s):

Metropolis

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Second Story: "Bad Boys of the Jungle!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (reveals his first name is Johnny)

Villain(s):

Diamond thieves (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Central Africa

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Third Story: "The Singing Spaceman!" (6 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow

Villain(s):

Tri-Planet Bandits (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Rahl Kar (first appearance; a Jovian scientist)

Location(s):

Asteroid 216

Earth (in an alternate future)

Mars (in an alternate future)

Venus (in an alternate future)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 2054.

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Fourth Story: "The Red Dust Bandit!" (8 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Story	Dick Wood
Art	Howard Sherman
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

An unnamed crook (first appearance; looks like Greg Sanders)

Location(s):

Red Dust County (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #405/2 (October 1971)

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