Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #191

Cover Date: April 1954
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1954-02-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "Calling Doctor Superman!" (12 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Vic Vorden and his gang (first appearance for all; tries to retrieve a bullet shot into a policeman)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Farmdale (first appearance; a rural suburb of Metropolis)

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Second Story: "Janu the Jungle Boy!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (first appearance; an orphan living with elephants)

Location(s):

Saigon, Vietnam

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Third Story: "The Nine-Worlds Hotel!" (6 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton
Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (poses as a "house detective")

Other Character(s):

Planeteer Commandant

Location(s):

Earth

Planeteer Headquarters

Nine-Worlds Hotel (first appearance; located on an asteroid)

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Fourth Story: "The Purple Raiders of Cripple Hill!" (8 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Art	Howard Sherman
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

El Lindo and the Purple Raiders (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Cripple Hill (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story may take place in the 1880s.

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