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Action Comics #190

DC · Series began 1938 · March 1954

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Dates

Cover date: March 1954
On sale: January 27, 1954
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Ray Thompson, Wayne Boring, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Smalle, Al Capp, Jim Mooney, Howard Shermaninks: Win Mortimer, Ray Thompson, Stan Kaye, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Smalle, Al Capp, Jim Mooney, Howard Shermancolors: Jack Adlerscript: Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp, Jack Schiff, Jack Millerletters: Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp

Stories

The Boy Who Saved Superman! · 12 pages
Superman is saved from everyday predicaments by a young teenaged named Rodney Applegate. But this is all a scheme by 5th Dimensional imp Mxyztplk to humiliate Superman.
The Man Who Wanted to Die a Hero! · 5.67 pages
An Englishman named Hector Breeding, dying of a brain condition, goes to Africa to die in the jungle as a big game hunter.
The Hunters of the Future! · 5.67 pages
All three of the galaxy's most famous hunters are abducted, along with Tommy, to a far distant world. The ruler asks them to hunt down a ferocious man-sized but invisible monster which is terrorizing the locality.
The Menace of the Cannibal Fish · 2 pages
Vigilante's Adopted Tribe! · 8 pages
Vigilante tries to persuade Chief Tarkitan, the leader of a remote tribe of isolationist native Americans, to visit the city and accept the money grant the state is offering for their land.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LanePerry WhiteVigilanteGreg SandersColonel Tommy TomorrowJerry the JitterbugShortyCongo BillMr. MxyztplkStuff

Reprinted in

Superman (1947), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Tarzan (1972), DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World (2025)