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ACTION COMICS #194

Cover Date: July 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-05-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino


Story: "The Outlaws from Krypton!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Mala (last in Superman Vol. 1 #65/3; returns to Earth and takes over Superman's Clark Kent identity)
Kizo (last in Superman Vol. 1 #65/3; briefly heads to Saturn)
U-Ban (last in Superman Vol. 1 #65/3; briefly heads to Saturn)

Other Character(s):

Joe (first appearance; a prankster who works at the Daily Planet)

Location(s):

Krypton (in flashback)
Earth
Egypt
The Sphinx
France
Paris
Eiffel Tower
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Washington, DC
Washington Monument

Comment(s):

This story takes place on a Sunday.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #4/5 (1961)
Superman #217 (June-July 1969)


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Second Story: "The Bare-Handed Hunter!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy

Villain(s):

A swindler (first appearance; sells a meek clerk an animal totem that he thinks can stop all animals from attacking)

Location(s):

"Belgian Congo"


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Third Story: "The Impossible Space Ship!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJim Mooney
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood

Other Character(s):

An alien spaceship (first appearance; controlled by a disembodied brain; seeks radioactive materials for fuel)

Location(s):

Earth in an alternate future of 2054
Mars in an alternate future of 2054
Saturn in an alternate future of 2054


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Fourth Story: "The Unlucky Horseshoe!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDick Wood
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Three crooks (first appearance for all; steal Jesse James' unlucky horseshoe; one dies)


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