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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #179

DC · Series began 1938 · April 1953

Dates

Cover date
April 1953
On sale
February 25, 1953
Pages
44

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Wayne Boring, Horace Elmo, Ed Smalle, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Raymond Perry, Bob Browninks: Win Mortimer, Stan Kaye, Horace Elmo, Ed Smalle, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Raymond Perry, Bob Browncolors: Jack Adlerscript: Bill Woolfolk, Horace Elmo, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Eugenia Bedellletters: Horace Elmo, Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • Super Manor! · 12 pages

    Superman is invited to pay a visit to hundreds of small communities during National Town Week. At one of these, the crowd clamors for him to come and live amongst them, but he declines, explaining how disruptive having him in close proximity would be. Nevertheless, they persist, so he chooses one spot - Mapleville. As predicted, Superman's presence causes major upheavals to all facets of rural community life, and the inhabitants ask him to leave.

  • I Mined for Diamonds and Death! · 5.67 pages

    Bill foils a diamond stealing plot.

  • The Secret of Adventure Moon · 5.67 pages

    Tommy and Brent are dispatched to investigate potential crimes at Adventure Moon, a theme park specializing in offering thrills and adventure, all carefully controlled so as to cause no harm. But the owner is crooked, and sends the pair of Planeteers along a trail filled with mortal dangers.

  • On Top of Your Head · 1 pages
  • Coining a Phrase · 1 pages
  • Mountie for a Day · 8 pages

    In Edmonton, Canada, The Vigilante and Stuff are guests at an exhibition of skills demonstrated by members of the R.C.M.P. While a temporary honorary member of Troop 6, Vigilante helps his cohort to pursue a gang of fur thieves using hollowed out logs to float them down river.

Reprinted in

Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (1965)

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