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ACTION COMICS #196

Cover Date: September 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-07-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Adventures of Mental-Man!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (poses as Mental-Man)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Inky and his gang (first appearance for all; believe Mental-Man is real and force Fallon to help them commit crimes)

Other Character(s):

Al Fallon (first appearance; staff artist at the Daily Planet; creates a successful comic strip called Mental-Man; forced by crooks to aid them)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #1 (September-October 1979)


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Second Story: "The Jungle Circus!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy
Chota the Chimp
Bombo the Elephant

Villain(s):

Dick Beeding (first appearance; poses as Jasper Troy, a circus owner, to retrieve stolen diamonds)

Location(s):

Africa


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Third Story: "The World Series of Tomorrow!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJim Mooney
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (is an umpire in a "Worlds Series;" in between issues #195/3 and #199/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood

Villain(s):

Gamblers (first appearance; try to fix games)

Other Character(s):

Sportsmen from Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn and Mercury (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Mars in an alternate future of 2054
Jupiter in an alternate future of 2054
Pluto in an alternate future of 2054
Saturn in an alternate future of 2054
Mercury in an alternate future of 2054


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Fourth Story: "Vigilante -- Foreign Correspondent!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHoward Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Darrow (first appearance; uses tulip bulbs to transport stolen diamonds)

Location(s):

Paris, France
Rotterdam, Holland


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