Action Comics, #193

Published: June 1954

Cover

Action Comics #193

Reviews

No reviews yet
Posts About This Issue

No discussions yet.

Issue Contents:
1 page superhero

"Beware of Superman! Everything he touches turns to gold!"

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"
Story 1 1 page advocacy; teen
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Golden Superman!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Don't - - Don't come near me, Superman!"

Storyline

Diving deep into a reactivated volcano, Superman uses an enormous chunk of gold to plug the vent. He emerges with his hands covered in gold dust, which he chips off, but they release rays which turn anything he touches into gold.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Beetles (crook)
Credits
Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page humor

"Wait a minute. I'll see if I can go!"

Superman's Secret Message

Featuring Supermen of America

Story 5 0 pages
No Guns for Congo Bill!
Story 6 6 pages adventure; drama; jungle

"Janu, I'll teach you that we can get along without a rifle in the jungle!"

Storyline

Bill and Janu trick a couple of Bill's enemies into thinking that Bill is going into the jungle unarmed.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Captain Nura
  • Janu the Jungle Boy
Credits
Story 7 0 pages
Story 8 1 page children

"Let's go see the lions and tigers now..."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 9 1 page

Featuring Supergram the Superman Puzzle Game

Story 10 1 page

"It's good for what ails you!"

The Living Toys!
Story 11 6 pages adventure; science fiction

"A child has great fun banging his toys around..."

Storyline

Dr. Vair's experiments with breaking through the inter-dimensional barrier results in Tommy, Brent, Vair and his daughter landing on a world of giants, and themselves considered toys to be played with by children.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Captain Brent Wood
  • Carol Vair
  • Dr. Martin Vair
Credits
Three Exciting New Adventures
Story 12 0 pages
Train Wrecks Made to Order
Story 13 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
  • Script:
Electrical Repairs
Story 14 1 page humor
The Broadway Posse!
Story 15 8 pages adventure; superhero

"They were six men of the West..."

Storyline

Six old timers of the West, now living in the big city, band together to bring the criminal Harry Ames to justice, but it turns out that one of them, Arthur Mills, is the local crime boss.

Characters
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Arthur Mills
  • Jep
  • Hank
  • Lonesome Joe
  • Kid Billy
  • Harry Ames
  • Pete Barry
Credits
Story 16 1 page

"Step right up folks..."

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Underseas Treasure
Story 18 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.