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ACTION COMICS #180
Cover Date: May 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-03-25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Woolfolk |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in issue #179; next in Superman Vol. 1 #82)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in issue #179; next in Superman Vol. 1 #82)
Villain(s):
- Turk Kane (first appearance; a Metropolis crime boss; aka Thomas Turkan; killed)
- The Syndicate of Five (first appearance for all; former lieutenants of Turk Kane; Butcher Billy and Sammy the Reptile named)
Other Character(s):
- telethon hosts and staffers
- television viewers
Location(s):
- Earth
- Arctic Circle
- an ice mountain
- Mount Kalawa (location unknown)
- United States of America
- Arctic Circle
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #179/2 and #181/2)
Villain(s):
- King Kisumu and his raiders (first appearance for all; Hassid named)
Other Character(s):
- Mason (first appearance; an elderly man searching for his lost son)
- a caravan carrying diamonds (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Central Africa
- unidentified location
- Nissara (mentioned)
- Africa Star Mine (mentioned)
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton (?) |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #179/3 and #181/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #179/3 and #181/3)
Villain(s):
- John Kaimes (first appearance; Dr. Garrow's assistant; dies)
- Tarnach (first appearance; in flashback; an evil scientist; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. John Garrow (first appearance; an astronomer)
- Karrul (first appearance;; in flashback; a scientist; dies)
- Dorn (first appearance; in flashback; a scientist; dies)
- citizens of the unidentified planet (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Earth
- Planeteer Headquarters
- an unidentified planet (first appearance; also in flashback)
- its three moons (carved to resemble Karrul, Dorn and Tarnach)
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- "Mad Coyote" Meegan (first appearance)
- his gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Jeb Harper (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Banditville (first appearance)
- Sagebrush City (first appearance)