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Action Comics #192

DC · Series began 1938 · May 1954

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Dates

Cover date: May 1954
On sale: March 24, 1954
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Wayne Boring, Ray Thompson, Ed Smalle, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Martin Naydel, Howard Shermaninks: Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, Stan Kaye, Ray Thompson, Ed Smalle, Henry Boltinoff, Jim Mooney, Martin Naydel, Howard Shermancolors: Jack Adlerscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Dick Woodletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The Man Who Sped Up Superman! · 12 pages
Perry White hires efficiency expert Jasper Coldstone to increase productivity at the Daily Planet. When he attaches himself to Superman he causes no end of headaches.
Bad Boys of the Jungle! · 5.67 pages
Janu helps Bill capture a group of diamond thieves by falling in with the local children.
The Singing Spaceman! · 5.67 pages
The Tri-Planet Bandits steal a batch of cosmic crystals from scientist Rahl Kar. These crystals expand to gigantic size when exposed to air, and only the singing of a live performer can shatter them. Tommy broadcasts over the air as 'The Singing Spaceman' and instantly gains a teen following.
Million-to-One Shot · 2 pages
The Red Dust Bandit! · 8 pages
A masked crook gets the better of Vigilante and Stuff. He then changes clothes and is mistaken for the Singing Troubadour, Greg Sanders himself. Knocking out Stuff, he forces the real Greg to let him substitute on the broadcast, then embarks on a crime spree.

Reprinted in

Superman (1947), Superboy (1949), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World (2025)