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ACTION COMICS #168
Cover Date: May 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-03-24
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in issue #167; next in Superman Vol. 1 #76/2; poses as Klarkesh Kenton, a Zorian newstape reporter; brings down dozens of ore rich asteroids to aid their development)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #57; next in Superman Vol. 1 #76/3)
Villain(s):
- Olav (first appearance; a Zorian scientist who substitutes fakes for control crystals of the giant beasts)
Location(s):
- Earth
- 'United States of America
- Zor (first appearance; a technologically advanced world with few metals and no super-humans)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Annual #4 (1961)
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 #167/2 and #169/2)
Other Character(s):
- A small asteroid community (first appearance; fires meteors at passing ships to keep them away)
Location(s):
- An alternate 21st Century future
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Congo Bill (in between issues #167/3 and #169/3)
Villain(s):
- Kanazaka and his gun smugglers (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Sudan region of Egypt
Credits:
| Art | Bob Brown |
| Assistant editing | Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Lock Belridge and his students (first appearance for all; runs an outlaw school then "sells" its graduates for criminal activities)