Cover: Win Mortimer

Action Comics #196

Sep 1954 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Adventures of Mental-Man!”

Superman and Lois Lane stand before a Daily Planet display window in this charming 1954 cover by Win Mortimer, where a costumed figure — Mental-Man, billed as Superman's "newest rival" — soars through the air to Lois's evident surprise. The issue spotlights "The Adventures of Mental-Man," a story promising a sensational new comic-strip hero within the pages, with interior work by the team of Bill Finger, Wayne Boring, and Stan Kaye. It's a delightful snapshot of the era's boundless appetite for super-powered storytelling.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Wayne Boring · inker Stan Kaye · cover Win Mortimer

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CGC 1.8 $165 VG $200 FINE $210 FINE $249.99 CGC $315 CGC 8.5 $1250 Action comics #196 $100 ACTION COMICS #196 1954 SUPERMAN Congo Bill TOMMY TOMORROW Vigilante DC COMICS $124.99

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writer Bill Finger

artist Wayne Boring

inker Stan Kaye

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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One of the Daily Planet's staff artists, Al Fallon, comes up with a daily comic strip which features the amazing Mental-Man, the Eighth Wonder. When a gang of crooks force Fallon to admit there really is a Mental-Man, they get the hero to use his powers to their advantage. But the whole scenario is a ploy by Superman to capture the ringleader of the gang.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).