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190March 1954
$0.10

Action Comics #190

DC · March 1954 · on sale 1954-01-27

First appearance: Anyface
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#190
Publication date
March 1954
Key date
1954-03-00
On-sale date
1954-01-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Anyface - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Boy Who Saved Superman's Life!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack AdlerClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
2The Boy Who Saved Superman!comic story12pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeClark Kent, Lois Lane, Mr. Mxyztplk, Superman, Perry White
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
6Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
7The Man Who Wanted to Die a Hero!comic story5.67pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1
10Buzzy Says "Start the Day Off Right!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy Brown
11The Hunters of the Future!comic story5.67pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyColonel Tommy Tomorrow
13The Menace of the Cannibal Fishtext article2script: Jack Mabley
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug
15Vigilante's Adopted Tribe!comic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanGreg Sanders, Stuff, Vigilante

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Tarzan #2321974On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-215-9		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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