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198November 1954
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Action Comics #198

DC · November 1954 · on sale 1954-09-27

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#198
Publication date
November 1954
Key date
1954-11-00
On-sale date
1954-09-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Six Lives of Lois Lane!cover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
1Buzzy Finds "The Key to Success!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerBuzzy Brown
2The Six Lives of Lois Lane!comic story12script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane [as Barbara Frietchie; Florence Nightingale; Betsy Ross; Annie Oakley; Queen Isabella of Spain]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6Janu's Jungle Romance!comic story6pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Tina Tierney; John Tierney
7They Walk the Decks of Sunken Shipstext article2script: G. V. Brown; letters: typeset
8Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
9Stand-In for the Prairie Troubadour!comic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanThe Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Malone Gang (villains)

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #771967On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›

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Series context

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