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ACTION COMICS #184
Cover Date: September 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-07-29
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | John Broome (?) |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in issue #183; next in Superman Vol. 1 #84)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in issue #183; next in Superman Vol. 1 #84)
Villain(s):
- John Lattison (first appearance; associate of Don Whitmore; attempts to take control of Whitmore Industries by driving Don Whitmore to a mental breakdown)
- unidentified gangsters disguised as 19th century Indians (for appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Don Whitmore (first appearance; a wealthy industrialist; attempts to reenact his ancestor Davey Whitmore's wagon train from 100 years earlier)
- descendants of the original wagon train members (first appearance for all)
- an unidentified Indian tribe (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- unidentified locations in the Midwest
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #183/2 and #185/2)
Villain(s):
- jewel thieves (first appearance for all; Ajmer named)
Other Character(s):
- Ahmed (first appearance)
- local villagers
Location(s):
- Ceylon'
- a small jungle village on the west coast
- the Port of Puttalam
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #183/3 and #185/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #183/3 and #185/3)
Villain(s):
- Burt Knowlen (first appearance)
- Jon Varrel (first appearance)
- unidentified accomplice (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- a Planeteer Commander
- citizens of Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto'
Location(s):
- Earth (celebrating "Space Day")
- Planeteer Headquarters
- Mars (celebrating "Canal Day")
- Jupiter (celebrating "Comet Day")
- Jovopolis (first appearance)
- Pluto (celebrating "Sunlight Day")
- Mirror Moon (first appearance; reflects and focuses sunlight on Pluto)
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Editing | Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Shakes, the Underworld Poet (last/next in ???)
- Blast Owens (first appearance)
- Chip Chapman (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- prison warden and guards (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- an unidentified city