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Action Comics 204

ACTION COMICS #204

Cover Date: May 1955
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1955-03-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Man Who Could Make Superman Do Anything!" (12 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #5/2; next in World's Finest Comics #76)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #5/2; next in World's Finest Comics #76)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #5/2; next in World's Finest Comics #76)

Villain(s):

an unidentified alien race (first mentioned)
Slats Peters and his mob (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Sam Spulby (first appearance)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Metropolis State Building


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Second Story: "The Boy Planeteer" (6 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJim Mooney
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #203/2 and #205/2)

Villain(s):

Jud Moone (first appearance; a notorious criminal)

Other Character(s):

Planeteer Commandant

Location(s):

Earth
Planeteer Headquarters
an asteroid at the edge of the Solar System


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Third Story: "Village of 1,000 Idols!" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (last in Congo Bill #5/3; next in issue #205/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Janu the Jungle Boy (last in Congo Bill #5/3; next in issue #205/3)

Villain(s):

Tanyika (first appearance; a witch doctor; scamming the village to enrich himself)
a condemned killer (first appearance; dies)

Other Character(s):

villagers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Africa
Khanu (first appearance; a "forbidden" village)


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