Cover: Win Mortimer

Action Comics #181

Jun 1953 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The New Superman”

In "The New Superman," six unlikely men cling to life in the forgotten ruins of Roaring Town, now a ghost of its former self. When a man calling himself Greg arrives, pretending to be just another lost soul, he quietly begins to stir something long buried in their hearts. With art by Bob Brown and a striking cover by Win Mortimer, this 1953 classic captures a quiet moment of hope in a town that forgot how to dream.

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After the gold mine dried up Roaring Town became Ghost Town. But six men, all bearing remarkable talents in their own way, still eke out a barely tolerable existence there. Pretending to be down on his luck, Greg effects a plan to help these men out of their lethargy.

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