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SUPERMAN #185
Cover Date: April 1966
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1966-02-03
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
Story | Leo Dorfman (?) |
Art | Pete Costanza |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (due to red kryptonite exposure is given an "Achilles' Heel;" last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #63; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #92)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in the second story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- "Gat" Gronn (first appearance; an actor turned gang leader)
- his gang (first appearance of all)
- his fellow prison inmates (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- citizens of Metropolis
- four "rich, spoiled" teenagers (first appearance of all; climbed Mount Everest on a dare and caught in a rock slide)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Achilles (in flashbacks; dies)
- Achilles’s mother (in flashback)
- Ajax (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Fortress of Solitude
- Metropolis
- Mount Everest
Credits:
Story | Leo Dorfman (?) |
Art | Jim Mooney |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #92)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lana Lang (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in issue #186)
- Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #336/2)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #64/2; next in issue #186/2)
- Look-Alike Squad (last/next in ???)
- Ar-Rone (double for Perry White; last in ???; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78)
- Sylvia Van-Zee (double for Lois Lane; in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3 and #78)
- Ti-Arra (double for Lana Lang; in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3 and #78)
- Vol-Don (double for Clark Kent; takes the place of the malfunctioning Superman Robot XM21, which had been posing as Clark Kent; falls in love with Dolores Rivera; last in issue #177; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78)
- Zol-Lar (double for Jimmy Olsen; last in ???; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78)
Other Character(s):
- Superman Robots (first appearance of Superman Robot XM21, the most advanced robot to date)
- Dolores Rivera (first appearance; heiress daughter of Jose Rivera)
- Jose Rivera (first appearance; a South American multi-millionaire)
- Manuel (first appearance; a confidant of Jose Rivera)
- various citizens around the world
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The Look-Alike Squad celebrate an anniversary in Kandor.