Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #167

Cover Date: April 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-02-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Machines of Crime" (12 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	John Broome (?)
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #57; next in issue #168))

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #57; next in Superman Vol. 1 #76/3)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race (first appearance; an insectoid species gathering materials to create fuel or their spaceship)

Lex Luthor (last in issue #166; next in in World's Finest Comics #59)

Professor Nero (first appearance; secretly a counterfeiter)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Allen (first appearance; a penitentiary staffer)

Metropolis Police Commissioner (first appearance)

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Atlantic Ocean

United States of America

Metropolis

Atlas Garage (first appearance)

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

Superman exhibits the ability to lengthen the wavelength of his x-ray vision to create visible light.

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Second Story: "The Man Who Stopped Space Flight" (6 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #166/2 and #168/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #166/2 and #168/2)

Villain(s):

Dr. Graham Landon (first appearance; a scientist and isolationist; creates a device which eliminates space travel)

Other Character(s):

Planeteers

Mrs. Landon (first appearance; Landon's wife)

Location(s):

Asteroid Bulain (first appearance)

Asteroid Vesta (first appearance)

Venus (mentioned)

Earth

Mars

Jupiter (mentioned)

Saturn

Pluto (mentioned)

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Third Story: "The King of the Bandits" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Ed Smalle
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #166/2 and #168/3)

Villain(s):

Hassid (first appearance; "the Outlaw King")

a bandit gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Ahmed and his Captain (first appearance for both; security forces)

Location(s):

Egypt

Alexandria

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Fourth Story: "The Outlaw Editor" (8 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Art	Bob Brown (?), Curt Swan (?)
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #166/4 and #168/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #166/4 and #168/4)

Villain(s):

Black Baron Bandit (Bert Hawks; first appearance; editor of 'The Daily Bugle)

Fowler (first appearance; a henchman)

Other Character(s):

the Sheriff of Ridge Run City (first appearance)

citizens of Ridge Run City (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Ridge Run City (first appearance)

Twin Rocks

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