Action Comics, #190

Published: March 1954

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Action Comics #190

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Issue Contents:
The Boy Who Saved Superman's Life!
1 page superhero

"Don't worry ,Superman, I'll have you out of that quicksand in a jiffy!"

Characters
  • Rodney Applegate (named in the feature story)
Credits
On the Beam!
Story 1 1 page
Characters
  • Junior Space Pilots [Penny
  • Ted
  • unnamed boy]
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Boy Who Saved Superman!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Fear not, Superman! I, Rodney Applegate, am coming to the rescue!"

Storyline

Superman is saved from everyday predicaments by a young teenaged named Rodney Applegate. But this is all a scheme by 5th Dimensional imp Mxyztplk to humiliate Superman.

Characters
  • Rodney Applegate
Credits
Story Notes

Mxyztplk appearance added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story 3 1 page children

"Egypt sure is an interesting country."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 4 1 page
Story 5 1 page humor

"Bong" "Yes sir, I'll attend to it right away!"

Superman's Secret Message
Story 6 0 pages
The Man Who Wanted to Die a Hero!
Story 7 6 pages adventure; drama; jungle

"At this rate, Mr. Beeding, we'll both die heroes!"

Storyline

An Englishman named Hector Breeding, dying of a brain condition, goes to Africa to die in the jungle as a big game hunter.

Characters
  • Hector Beeding
  • Mrs. Beeding
Credits
Story 8 0 pages satire-parody
Story 9 1 page
Buzzy Says "Start the Day Off Right!"
Story 10 1 page advocacy; teen
Characters
  • Danny
  • Danny's mother
  • Miss Jones
Credits
The Hunters of the Future!
Story 11 6 pages adventure; science fiction

"Hunting big game is one of the great thrills on the worlds of tomorrow..."

Storyline

All three of the galaxy's most famous hunters are abducted, along with Tommy, to a far distant world. The ruler asks them to hunt down a ferocious man-sized but invisible monster which is terrorizing the locality.

Characters
  • Jero
  • Holk
  • Vorn
  • Jahn Jal
Credits
Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
Story 12 0 pages
The Menace of the Cannibal Fish
Story 13 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
  • Script:
Story 14 1 page humor

"Did you see this movie?"

Vigilante's Adopted Tribe!
Story 15 8 pages adventure; superhero

"We're too late, Vig! This is one time we can't save the chief!"

Storyline

Vigilante tries to persuade Chief Tarkitan, the leader of a remote tribe of isolationist native Americans, to visit the city and accept the money grant the state is offering for their land.

Characters
  • Chief Tarkitan
  • Professor Blake
  • Running Bear
  • Luke Leeds
Credits
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.