Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #179

Cover Date: April 1953
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1953-02-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "Super Manor" (12 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	Bill Woolfolk
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #63; next in issue #180)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #81/3; next in issue #180)

Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #62; next in Superman Vol. 1 #81)

Villain(s):

an unidentified criminal (gives Superman a dog in a scheme to sniff out the Man of Steel's secret identity)

Other Character(s):

Sniffer (first appearance; a dog)

citizens of Mapleville (first appearance for all)

the mayor

his wife

the Postmaster

Amanda

Hepzibah

Mr. Wilson

Mrs. Shepherd and her baby

Mabel

numerous unnamed citizens

Location(s):

United States of America

Mapleville (first appearance; wins a contest to become Superman's new hometown)

Supermanor (first appearance; Superman's house)

Metropolis

Daily Planet

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Second Story: "I Mined for Diamonds and Death!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #178/2 and #180/2)

Villain(s):

Kuji (first appearance; dies)

Joad (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

tow captives (first appearance for both; with Kuji and Joad discovered a diamond mine before being betrayed)

a ship's captain (first appearance)

Location(s):

a diamond mine pit off the north coast of Africa

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Third Story: "The Secret of Adventure Moon" (6 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Art	Jim Mooney
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #178/3 and #180/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #178/3 and #180/3)

Villain(s):

Jon Jarrel (first appearance; Adventure Moon resort owner, using an alien beast to mesmerize victims to reveal their secrets)

Hijackers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Brower (first appearance; a business owner, robbed of a thoradium shipment)

Mr. Wilden (first appearance; an industrialist)

unidentified tourists on Adventure Moon (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Earth

Planeteer Headquarters

Adventure Moon (first appearance; a high end theme resort)

Comment(s):

Except for the horn, the Plutonian Metal-Eater bears a striking resemblance to the rare metal-eating Gloop seen in the previous issue.

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Fourth Story: "Mountie for a Day" (8 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Art	Bob Brown
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #178/4 and #180/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #178/4 and #180/4)

Rustler

Villain(s):

fur smugglers (first appearance for all; Andre Ballard named)

Other Character(s):

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Troop 6; first appearance for all)

Captain Purdee

Clinton

Elliott

Hart

Parker

Stevens

Willard

Location(s):

Canada

Edmonton, Alberta

Comment(s):

Vigilante is made an honorary RCMP officer for a week,

Rustler is white instead of black.

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