Action Comics #144

(May 1950)

Clark Kent's Career (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]

The Poison Planet (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

["And with the costume I got for us, Jerry, we should be a cinch for first prize"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (September 1958)

Dead Man's Gold (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle [as E.J.S.] (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle [as E.J.S.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill

["If I don't reduce a little..."] (Table of Contents)

Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lit-Win

Pencils:

Lit-Win

Inks:

Lit-Win

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Any Gum, Chum? (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Raymond Perry

Inks:

Raymond Perry

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

How chewing gum and bubble gum are made.

["Golly, it's muddy out after the rain!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• in A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #58 (April-May 1957)

Home, Sweet Home! (Table of Contents)

Leave It to Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Binky Biggs; Lucy Biggs; Li'l Allergy; Mr. Biggs; Mrs. Biggs

Synopsis:

Everyone in Binky's family learns a lesson about being more thoughtful and accommodating to one another.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations

The Quest for the Two Dead Men (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Dan Barry (signed)

Inks:

Dan Barry (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vigilante

["Boy - look at all these snowballs!"] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #294 (March 1962)

[Builder! Creator] (Table of Contents)

Handy Andys / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]

Pencils:

Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]

Inks:

Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Allen [aka Stookie Allen]

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Pierre St. Amand; Barbara Bittner; Jack Roush; Mary Chase