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Action Comics #193

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1954

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Dates

Cover date: June 1954
On sale: April 28, 1954
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Smalle, Ray Thompson, Martin Naydel, Jim Mooney, Howard Shermaninks: Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Smalle, Ray Thompson, Martin Naydel, Jim Mooney, Howard Shermancolors: Jack Adlerscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Jack Miller, Dick Woodletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel

Stories

The Golden Superman! · 12 pages
Diving deep into a reactivated volcano, Superman uses an enormous chunk of gold to plug the vent. He emerges with his hands covered in gold dust, which he chips off, but they release rays which turn anything he touches into gold.
No Guns for Congo Bill! · 5.67 pages
Bill and Janu trick a couple of Bill's enemies into thinking that Bill is going into the jungle unarmed.
The Living Toys! · 5.67 pages
Dr. Vair's experiments with breaking through the inter-dimensional barrier results in Tommy, Brent, Vair and his daughter landing on a world of giants, and themselves considered toys to be played with by children.
Train Wrecks Made to Order · 2 pages
Electrical Repairs · 1 pages
The Broadway Posse! · 8 pages
Six old timers of the West, now living in the big city, band together to bring the criminal Harry Ames to justice, but it turns out that one of them, Arthur Mills, is the local crime boss.

Reprinted in

World's Finest Comics (1941), Superboy (1949), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Colossal Comic (1958), Bumper Western Comic (1959), DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World (2025)