Action Comics, #176
Published: January 1953
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Muscles for Money!
"Please, Superman, my oil well is on fire..."
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Colors: Jack Adler
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Muscles for Money
"Superman! Help! Save me!"
Storyline
Superman suddenly becomes obsessed with being paid for his heroic deeds, but it is a ploy to capture Million-Dollar Marvin.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Million-Dollar Marvin (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
Story Notes
Action Comics #176 is referenced in Geoffrey Wagner’s “Parade of Pleasure†(POP) in the text on page 90. Wagner uses the story “Muscles for Moneyâ€, contained in Action Comics #176, to describe Superman’s powers
Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
The Man-Eater of Mandalao!
"He - - he once saved my life!"
Storyline
Bill captures a pair of ivory smugglers with the help of a once-tamed tiger.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Mingo (tiger)
Credits
- Pencils: Ed Smalle
- Inks: Ed Smalle
- Script: Jack Miller
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
"I just remembered. I've got to call Don!"
Characters
- Varsity Vic
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Superman's Secret Message
The End of the Planeteers!
"It's Tommy Tomorrow - - On his last mission!"
Storyline
Dr. Jan Morris claims to have invented a matter transmitter which will render the services of the Planeteers obsolete.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Captain Brent Wood
- Dr. Jan Morris (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
Superman Is on Television!
Coins of Destiny
Credits
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
Story Notes
Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Characters
- Buzzy Brown
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
- Editing: Jack Schiff
The Impossible Legend
"Ha. Ha...That masked law enforcer's a sittin' duck for us now!"
Storyline
Vigilante proves an old legend by capturing criminals, two while deaf, two while he could not speak and the final two when he could not see.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Outlaw Benton (villain)
- Deputy Blake
- Deputy Carter
- Deputy Wright
Now More Than Ever
Featuring The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Story Notes
Ad offering "electric games" that light up and produce sound, from The Electric Game Co. Photographs of the various games are pictured in the ad and include Electric Baseball, Electric Football, Electric Tic Tac Toe, Electric Jack Straws, Electric Hot Potato, and Electric TV Quiz. Black and white ad on inside back cover.