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ACTION COMICS #172
Cover Date: September 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-07-28
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in issue #171; next in Superman Vol. 1 #78; also in flashback as a baby on Krypton)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in issue #171; next in Superman Vol. 1 #78/2)
- Perry White (between Superman Vol. 1 #77/3 and #78)
- Jor-L (in flashback)
- Lora (in flashback)
- John Kent (in flashback)
- Mary Kent (in flashback)
Villain(s):
- Cyrus Skinner (first appearance;
- "Lucky" Lewis (first appearance; a gambler and racketeer)
- Joe Dun (first appearance; a shady used car dealer)
Other Character(s):
- Kryptonians (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Krypton (in flashback)
- Earth
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Smallville (in flashback)
- United States of America
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #171/2 and #173/2)
Villain(s):
- Collins (first appearance; a jewelry store robber)
- Maxwell (first appearance; a jewelry store robber)
Other Character(s):
- Congo Bill's pilot (first appearance)
- a sheriff (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Alaska
Credits:
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #171/3 and #173/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Brent Wood (in between issues #171/3 and #173/3)
Villain(s):
- an unidentified alien race
- space-spiders
Other Character(s):
- Commander of the Planeteers
- Saturnians
- Martians
Location(s):
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Carter Gang (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Jeb Summers (first appearance; dies)
- Mr. Richards (first appearance)
- Charlie Dirks (first appearance; in flashback a month earlier; dies)
- Roy Bean (first appearance; in flashback a month earlier; dies)
- Thunder (first appearance; also in flashback a month earlier; a wild horse believed to be a jinx)
- other citizens of Hollow Hills (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Hollow Hills (first appearance)
- Little Geyser (first appearance)
- Nugget Hill (first appearance)
- Spur City (first appearance)
- Twin Peaks Pass (first appearance; in flashback a month earlier)