Action Comics #184
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Covered Wagon of Doom!", a penitentiary poetry club takes a dangerously poetic turn when inmates, disguised in guard uniforms, stage a breakout and launch a crime spree fueled by verse. As they outwit authorities and humiliate The Vigilante by stealing his new Vig-cycle, their rhyming antics turn the city upside down—leaving readers wondering just how far their lyrical lawlessness will go. Penciled and inked by Bob Brown, with a dynamic cover by Win Mortimer, this 1953 classic blends crime, comedy, and a uniquely literary flair in a 10-cent adventure.
In "The Holidays of Tomorrow!" from Action Comics #184, Tommy and Brent travel across distant worlds, witnessing unique planetary celebrations that honor pivotal moments in each civilization’s past—only to uncover and stop hidden schemes by criminals seeking to exploit the festivities for theft.
In "The Crime Rhymes!", a penitentiary’s poetry club turns deadly when inmates, disguised as guards, break out and launch a rhyming crime spree. Armed with verse and audacity, they steal The Vigilante’s new Vig-cycle and taunt him with their poetic flair—leaving the hero both outmaneuvered and out-rhymed.
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Reprinted in Super Adventure Comic #98 (1958), Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Stålmannen #9/1954, Supermán #49
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