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ACTION COMICS #183
Cover Date: August 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-06-29
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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Woolfolk |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #65; next in issue #184)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #65; next in issue #184)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (in between Superman Vol. 1 #81 and #85)
- Luthor's henchmen (ordered to shoot at Superman, despite his invulnerability)
Other Character(s):
- The Society of Adventurers (first appearance for all)
- reporters
- Prison warden
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #182/2 and #184/2)
Villain(s):
- Ivory thieves (first appearance for all)
- "Van Durling" (first appearance; the boss of the ivory thieves, impersonating the artist)
Other Character(s):
- an ivory convoy (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- East Africa
- unidentified country
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (creates the identity of actor Ralph Raleigh; in between issues #182/3 and #184/3)
Villain(s):
- Jon Vindley (first appearance; Dr. Kardak's assistant; steals the anti-gravity explosive formula)
Other Character(s):
- Planeteer Commandant
- Dr. Kardak (first appearance; creates an anti-gravity explosive; killed)
- Cap'n Marty (first appearance; leader of a traveling space troupe)
- Ord Din of Mars (first appearance; features a robot)
- Vul Keen of Venus (first appearance; an impersonator)
- Joe King (first appearance; a space clown)
- Lila Long (first appearance; an actress)
- a magician from Pluto (first appearance)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ellard (first appearance; possibly dies)
- two accomplices (first appearance for both; Harry named)
Other Character(s):
- Pancho (first appearance; in flashback; a notorious killer who curses the "Jinx Saddle" upon his execution)
- Steve Carlson (first appearance; an Indian fighter; dies in flashback a few years earlier)
- Sheriff Pete Wheeler (first appearance; dies in flashback to a few years earlier)
- Jeb Peters (first appearance; a miner; in flashback; murdered but his death was attributed to the "Jinx Saddle")
- Sheriff Dobbs (first appearance)
- townsfolk
Location(s):
- Mexico (in flashback)
- United States of America
- Spur City (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- Due to a coloring or inking error; Rustler's color changes from black to white