Action Comics, #185
Published: October 1953
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"What am I offered for this album of Superman photos?"
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman's Million Dollar Photos!
"Smile, Superman!"
Storyline
A meteor smashes through the window of the Superman photo exhibit at the Superman Hall of Trophies and destroys the vast collection of photos showing Superman in action. Isaah Pendleton offers $50 for every photo of Superman readers of the Planet send him. He then proceeds to set fire to them, al except the photo album he bought from Lois. Those 500 photos are now the only ones in existence and Pendleton auctions them to the highest bidder.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Isaah Pendleton (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
"Wow! This looks like a good spot to park!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring Sky Bar
"Yippee! I'm a cowboy!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Hidden City!
"I told you that Congo Bill would lead us to the hidden city!"
Storyline
Bill journeys to Tibet to inform a travel writer that his uncle has died and left him a million pounds.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Ernest Bigley
- Cecil
- Robert Black
Credits
- Pencils: Ed Smalle
- Inks: Ed Smalle
- Script: Jack Miller
Story Notes
script credit from Craig Delich
"Now that we're at the North Pole..."
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for polio research.
Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Cosmic Jigsaw Puzzle!
"One of the puzzle's missing pieces is in that comet's tail!"
Storyline
Tommy hunts for the colossal weapon invented by the missing scientist Dr. Malden, but others with less altruistic motives are also after it.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Captain Brent Wood
- Eldred Tharn (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
How to Find a Million Dollars
Credits
- Script: Michel Craig
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
Story Notes
Sequence, including art credits, added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Line of Stars Presents Coming Attractions
The Treasure of Get-Rich Creek!
"B - - but, Vig...There's not an ounce of gold in this worn-out creek!"
Storyline
Lawyer Deems forces Joyce Terrill under threat of bodily harm to sign away her claim to an inherited gold mine. But The Vigilante finds small sacks of gold dust which her uncle had left buried under a tree near a river bank. As she had signed under duress the claim is still hers.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Joyce Terrill
- Mr. Deems (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Ramona Fradon (uncertain)
- Inks: Ramona Fradon (uncertain)
Story Notes
Art was previously credited to Bob Brown.
Featuring Friendship Studios, Inc.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.