Action Comics #129

(February 1949)

Lois Lane, Cavegirl! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Gob-Gob

Synopsis:

Superman finds what appears to be a real-live caveman frozen in an iceberg. Gob-Gob soon becomes all the rage in the better social circles and Lois adopts him as arm candy to make Clark Kent jealous (when Perry gives her a raise).

Indexer Notes

writer id by Martin O'Hearn

[Parading Around] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

The Derelict from the Deeps! (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; "Bad News" Haley; The Phantom Raider (villain)

The Flying Carpet! (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

W. F. White

Inks:

W. F. White

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara

The Earth Doom! (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

John Fischetti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Tommy Tomorrow; Gordy; Craig

Synopsis:

Tommy embarks on a seemingly senseless and dangerous tour of the solar system which ends up as a search for the unknown element 99.

Indexer Notes

Element 99 is Einsteinium, discovered in 1952.

The Greatest Peril of the Sea (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cliff Rhodes (signed)

Pencils:

Raymond Perry ?

Inks:

Raymond Perry ?

Colors:

Raymond Perry ?

Letters:

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Willy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Phil Berube

Pencils:

Phil Berube

Inks:

Phil Berube

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

The Desperadoes of Doom! (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

France Herron

Pencils:

Bob Lubbers

Inks:

Bob Lubbers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante; Stuff; The James Boys (villains, dream); The Dalton Brothers (villains, dream); Crazy-Gun Crawley (villain, dream); Billy the Kid (villain, dream)

Synopsis:

Vigilante hallucinates battles with the greatest villains of the Old West.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #61 (February-March 1950)