Cover of The Adventures of Mental Man

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The Adventures of Mental Man

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When a Daily Planet artist creates a newspaper strip about "Mental-Man, the Eighth Wonder," a criminal gang forces him to admit the hero is real and puts Mental-Man to work on their behalf. It is all a trap - Superman has been engineering the entire scenario to catch the gang's ringleader.

Issue Details

Series

Action Comics (1938)

Issue Number

#196

Release Date

July 29, 1954

Cover Price

$0.10

Cover Date

September 1954

Page Count

44 pages

Series Details

Title

Action Comics

Publisher

DC Comics

Type

Regular Series

Status

Completed

Run

1938 - 2011

Issues Count

867

Genres

Slice of Life, War, Historical, Superhero, Sports, Crime, Western, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Anthro, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy

Format

Standard

Age Rating

12+

Original Language

English

Language

English

Creators

Bill Finger

Bill Finger

Writer

Edwin Smalle

Artist, Penciller, Inker

Henry Boltinoff

Henry Boltinoff

Writer, Penciller, Inker

Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman

Artist, Penciller, Inker

Ira Schnapp

Ira Schnapp

Letterer

Jack Adler

Jack Adler

Colorist

Jack Miller

Writer

Jack Schiff

Jack Schiff

Writer

Jim Mooney

Jim Mooney

Artist, Penciller, Inker

Martin Naydel

Martin Naydel

Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Ray Thompson

Penciller, Inker

Stan Kaye

Stan Kaye

Inker

Characters

Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Perry White

Perry White

Perry Jerome White

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Tommy Tomorrow

Tommy Tomorrow

Thomas Tomorrow

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Brent Wood

Brent Wood

Brent Wood

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Janu

Janu

Janu the Jungle Boy

Shorty

Shorty

Shorty

Stuff

Stuff

Jimmy Leong

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