Action Comics, #187
Published: December 1953
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Superman's New Super-Powers!
"Hey! Kryptonite is supposed to make Superman weak..."
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Colors: Jack Adler
Draw Me!
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman's New Super Powers!
"I - - I don't understand! The Kryptonite bounced off him!"
Storyline
Superman suddenly discovers that he has gained telepathic powers. A gang of crooks have stored a chunk of Kryptonite in a cave sealed with a leaden door, which prevents Superman using his X-Ray vision. The gang overpower him and threaten to set off a bomb in Metropolis if Superman does not convince the authorities to pay him a one million dollar ransom.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Ace Larner (villain)
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
"Which is the highest waterfall in the world?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
Binky Says: "Know Your Community!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Plot to Capture the Crown!
"You must stop the Black Knight, Congo Bill...You must!"
Storyline
Bill secretly enters a joust in order to secure Prince Harold's crown against plots by the prime minister.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Sir Gelwyn
- Sir Arnalt
- Prince Harold
- Gallo Halevy
- Florez
Credits
- Pencils: Ed Smalle
- Inks: Ed Smalle
- Script: Jack Miller
Story Notes
script credit from Craig Delich
"He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India..."
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
"Can I do something for you, sonny?"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Supermen of America
The Gifts from Space!
"Don't go into that alien ship!"
Storyline
A strange unmanned spaceship lands on Earth. Tommy enters and discovers a wealth of technology which is removed and tested by scientists. The ship then takes off, but a few days later returns, and this time a number of men board her, only to be overcome with gas and kidnapped into space.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Captain Brent Wood
- Dar Hal
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
Match Cover Mania
Credits
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
Story Notes
Sequence, and art credits, submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Three Smashing Adventures
The Man Who Killed Vigilante!
"Ha, ha...I gunned down Vigilante!"
Storyline
The outlaw Eddie Meegan is threatened with death unless he shoots and kills The Vigilante.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Ben Whitaker
- Eddie Meegan (crook)
- Bratton (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Story Notes
Back cover.