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ACTION COMICS #171
Cover Date: August 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-06-30
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Story | John Broome (?) |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #59; next in issue #172)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #59; next in issue #172)
Villain(s):
- horse rustlers (first appearance for all)
- a gang of fugitives Barker, Smiley, unnamed third member; first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Major Owens (first appearance)
- U.S. Army soldiers )including a Captain)
- an Army Colonel (first appearance)
- Dr. Williams (first appearance; a psychiatrist)
- Jack Wilde (first appearance; a Daily Planet reporter and lookalike of Clark Kent)
- two young boys (first appearance for both; Billy named)
Location(s):
- Army Proving Grounds
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- State Prison
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #170/3 and #172/2)
Villain(s):
- a trio of criminals (first appearance for all; Joe named)
Other Character(s):
- Barry Mason (first appearance; a retired Western movie star)
- South Pacific natives
- cargo ship captain
Location(s):
- a South Pacific island
Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Ray Burnley |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #170/2 and #172/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #170/2 and #172/3)
Villain(s):
- John Lawson (first appearance; owner of the Pallas; wrecks the ship for insurance money)
Other Character(s):
- Captain Marston (first appearance; believed to have gone down with his ship, the Pallas)
Location(s):
- Mars
- moons of Jupiter
- Saturn
- the Moon of Flowers
- the Fire Planetoid
- Crystal World
- an unnamed dead world
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- the Silver Sixgun Gang' (first appearance for all)
- Bart Lanigan (first appearance; leader of the gang)
- Billy Butler (first appearance; an outlaw)
Other Character(s):
- Colonel Oveido' (first appearance)
- citizens of Peaceville' (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Mexico
- Peaceville' (first appearance)
- United States of America
- Bordertown Hill' (first appearance)