Action Comics, #194

Published: July 1954

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Action Comics #194

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The Outlaws from Krypton!
1 page superhero

"Ha, ha! Superman doesn't know that I'm Mala from Krypton..."

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Mala
Credits
Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
Story 1 1 page advocacy; superhero
Storyline

Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Outlaws from Krypton!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Oooh! I can't bear to look!"

Storyline

Mala and two other villains are banished from Krypton and three decades later crash land on Earth. They are defeated by Superman, who sends them into space in a prison ship. They subsequently escape, and Mala decides to return to Earth to humiliate Superman. Upon arrival he assumes the identity of Clark Kent.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Mala and two other super-powered Kryptonians
  • Jor-El
  • Trigger Malone
Credits
Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page children

"Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop..."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 5 1 page
The Bare-Handed Hunter!
Story 6 6 pages adventure; drama; jungle

"Get out of the way so I can get a shot at - - Huh?"

Storyline

Mr. Mohair believes that he has a magic charm that enables him to best any animal.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Janu the Jungle Boy
  • Mohair
Credits
Story Notes

Mr. Mohair's son trails along behind him, shouting the tag line "That's my pop!" (from the Milt Gross comic strip "That's My Pop") every time his father successfully engages a new animal.

Story 7 0 pages
"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello
Story 8 1 page
Story 9 1 page humor; teen

"Gloria, will you go to the prom with me?"

The Impossible Space-Ship!
Story 10 6 pages adventure; science fiction

"Tommy Tomorrow has faced many an eerie menace..."

Storyline

An unknown ship lands on Earth and, using mechanical arms, steals a shipment of radioactive fuel. Tommy and Brent pursue it to Mars, where, again, it is pilfering radioactive material. Tommy eventually boards the ship and finds it powered by a giant brain encased in a protective transparent substance. The brain explains that it comes from a race of space explorers who adapted their bodies to this form. Tommy retrieves the stolen radioactive fuel, but takes the living ship to an uninhabited planetoid composed entirely of radioactive material, which it can plunder at will.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Captain Brent Wood
Credits
Superman's Secret Message
Story 11 0 pages
Adventure in the Antarctic
Story 12 2 pages adventure
Story 13 1 page
The Unlucky Horseshoe
Story 14 8 pages adventure; superhero

"The fabulous horseshoe once was worn by Jesse James' horse..."

Storyline

Crooks steal a horseshoe which once belonged to Jesse James' horse, and experience nothing but bad luck.

Characters
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
Credits
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.