Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1951-05-16
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #158 Edit Cover
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The Kid from Krypton!
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Superman / cover / 1 page

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?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Superbaby (in picture)
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Now More Than Ever!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Kid from Krypton!
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jor-el; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Kane Korrel (villain)
Synopsis:
When a meteor composed of kryptonite is poised to strike the town of Smithville Superman is stymied as to what to do. He knocks it away with a huge bolder but criminals track down the fallen object to use against him. Superman builds giant robots to help him get rid of the kryptonite.

Indexer Notes

Recap of Superman's origin and career. The kryptonite meteor is colored orange, not green.

[no title indexed]
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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Buffalo Hunting!
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comic story / 0.5 page

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?
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?
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?
    Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
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The Vanishing Convoy!
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Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Smalle (signed as EJS)
Inks:
Ed Smalle (signed as EJS)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:adventure; drama; jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Ali Sau; Ibn Lande
Synopsis:
Bill investigates the disappearance of oil truck convoys. He discovers a recalcitrant emir, determined to prevent modernization of the Middle East.
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Squeeze Play Saves the Day!
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"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Mystery in Space / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Secret of Planetoid X!
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Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8 pages

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    Genre:adventure; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Of all the solar system's celestial bodies in the year 2051...
Characters:
Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; John Rann (villain)
Synopsis:
John Rann claims to have built a dangerous weapon so that the Planteers will take him to Planetoid X where they store all the outlawed weapons.
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[no title indexed]
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Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.75 page

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?
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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Vic, why so gloomy today?

Neat Treat!
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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.25 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page

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?
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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There's that new doll in my class...
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Superman's Secret Message
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Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.33 page

Nero's Greatest Invention
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text article / 2 pages

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Letters:
typeset
    Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Varsity Vic / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah, this is a nice spot on the beach...
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[no title indexed]
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Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.75 page

Script:
Horace Elmo (signed)
Pencils:
Horace Elmo (signed)
Inks:
Horace Elmo (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Which is more fattening...

[no title indexed]
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Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page

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?
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?
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who discovered the Nile River?
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Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over!
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Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages

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?
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    Genre:superhero; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When it comes to winning audiences with stirring frontier ballads...
Characters:
Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Art Gravin (villain)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks formerly tentatively attributed to George Roussos. Current art identification by Saltarella who states that most of the inks are Roussos, but it looks like Brown "inks on the face in the middle panels of page 3."

Look for the Real Reason!
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Leave It to Binky / public service announcement / 1 page

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    Genre:advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Kid from Krypton!
    Superman
  2. Now More Than Ever!
  3. The Kid from Krypton!
    Superman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Pep
  5. ["Make her walk the plank!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  6. Buffalo Hunting!
  7. The Vanishing Convoy!
    Congo Bill
  8. Squeeze Play Saves the Day!
    "P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story
  9. [no title indexed]
    Mystery in Space
  10. The Secret of Planetoid X!
    Tommy Tomorrow
  11. ["Hi, Vic, why so gloomy today?"]
    Varsity Vic
  12. Neat Treat!
    Nestlé's Crunch
  13. ["There's that new doll in my class..."]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  14. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  15. Nero's Greatest Invention
  16. ["Ah, this is a nice spot on the beach..."]
    Varsity Vic
  17. ["Which is more fattening..."]
    Quick Quiz
  18. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  19. ["Who discovered the Nile River?"]
    Shorty
  20. Editorial Advisory Board
  21. The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over!
    Vigilante
  22. Look for the Real Reason!
    Leave It to Binky
  23. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
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