Action Comics #172
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer |
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Comic Title: Action Comics #172
Publisher: DC
(National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1952
Approx. On Sale Date:
July 30, 1952 Copyright Date July 28, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Mort Weisinger
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Superman | Unsigned (a) |
| IFC | Public Service Ad | Buzzy's "Rules of Water Safety" |
| 1 | Superman | "Lois Lane... Witch" |
| 2 | Superman | |
| 3 | Superman | |
| 4 | Superman | |
| 5 | Superman | |
| 6 | Superman | |
| 7 | Superman | |
| 8 | Superman | |
| 9 | Superman | |
| 10 | Superman | |
| 11 | Superman | |
| 12 | Superman | |
| 13 | House Ad | Sensation Mystery, Phantom Stranger |
| 14 | Ad; Text Feature | Dubble Bubble; Editorial Advisory Board |
| 15 | Congo Bill | "Survival in the Snow" |
| 16 | Congo Bill | |
| 17 | Congo Bill | |
| 18 | Congo Bill | |
| 19 | Congo Bill | |
| 20 | Congo Bill | |
| 21 | Filler; Ad | "Shorty" by Henry Boltinoff; Necco Wafers |
| 22 | Activity Feature; Ad | "Quick Quiz"; Wildroot Cream Oil |
| 23 | Tommy Tomorrow | "The Eye of Space" |
| 24 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 25 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 26 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 27 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 28 | Tommy Tomorrow | |
| 29 | Filler; Ad | "Little Pete" by Henry Boltinoff; Bendix Coaster Brake |
| 30 | Filler; Text Feature | "Sue"; Supermen of America |
| 31 | Text Story | "The Man in the Mask" by B. Fairbanks |
| 32 | Text Story | |
| 33 | Vigilante | "The Killer Horse of Hollow Hills" |
| 34 | Vigilante | |
| 35 | Vigilante | |
| 36 | Vigilante | |
| 37 | Vigilante | |
| 38 | Vigilante | |
| 39 | Vigilante | |
| 40 | Vigilante | |
| IBC | Ad | Jowett Institute of Physical Training |
| BC | Ad | Motor Book |
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