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Action Comics#170
Cover: Win Mortimer & Win Mortimer

Action Comics #170

Jul 1952 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Mad Artist of Metropolis!”

Dr. Willis Lorner tells a commander of the Planeteers that he has build a great electronic calculator which can predict future events. Tommy and Brent are dispatched to Pallas to investigate. There, the brain predicts Tommy's death on a certain date, and the imminent destruction of Pallas. Tommy reveals it to have been a scheme by two criminals to plunder the riches of Pallas after evacuation.

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Full credits

artist Curt Swan
cover pencils Win Mortimer
cover inks Win Mortimer

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Dr. Willis Lorner tells a commander of the Planeteers that he has build a great electronic calculator which can predict future events. Tommy and Brent are dispatched to Pallas to investigate. There, the brain predicts Tommy's death on a certain date, and the imminent destruction of Pallas. Tommy reveals it to have been a scheme by two criminals to plunder the riches of Pallas after evacuation.

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