Action Comics, #183

Published: August 1953

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Action Comics #183

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Issue Contents:
The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman
1 page superhero

"They know these weapons can't destroy me..."

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
The Line of Stars
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Come ahead, Superman!"

Storyline

Luthor discovers that any bullet which has struck Superman's invulnerable body undergoes a spectroscopic alteration which veers it towards becoming Kryptonite. He collects tons of the metal and extracts the deadly substance, then challenges Superman to a duel.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lex Luthor (villain)
  • Lois Lane
Credits
Story Notes

Luthor appearance added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

Mission of the Planet of Ice
Story 3 1 page science fiction
Credits
Story 4 1 page children

"Your turn to bat, Pud..."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 5 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a plug for polio research.

The Stamp of Doom!
Story 6 6 pages adventure; jungle

"There's a rough sketch of what the stamp will look like, Congo Bill!"

Storyline

A imposter replaces an artist commissioned to capture Bill's likeness for a new postage stamp and sabotages Bill's protection of an ivory caravan.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Van Durling
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit from Craig Delich.

A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime
Story 7 1 page adventure
Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
Story 8 1 page advocacy; teen
Credits
The Showboat of Space!
Story 9 6 pages adventure; science fiction

"That's the Show-boat of Space..."

Storyline

Dr. Kardak invents a device which nullifies gravitational pull. Various rare substances are required for its manufacture, and these are being stolen with alarming speed, occurring in the same vicinity of the travelling entertainment Show-boat rocket.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Dr. Kardak
  • Jon Vindley
  • Vul Keen
  • Joe King
Credits
Story 10 0 pages
The Halls of Montezuma
Story 11 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Sequence, including art credits, from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story 12 1 page humor

"This new vault is ten inches thick"

Supermen of America
Story 13 0 pages
The Jinx Saddle!
Story 14 8 pages adventure; superhero

"Go through with the job, boys!"

Storyline

A horse saddle acquired a curse as a jinxed object when a notorious bandit is hanged sitting upon it. In the present day, some townsfolk believe it threw miner Jeb Peters to his death, but Vigilante proves the curse to be a fake by using it on his own steed.

Characters
  • The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Jeb Peters
  • Pancho (bandit)
Credits
Story 15 0 pages
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
Story 18 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.