Action Comics #162

(November 1951)

Superman Says: "The World Is Our Schoolroom!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

It! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of nowhere it came...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; It (intro)

Synopsis

An alien being from another dimension threatens Metropolis.

Reprints

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #61 ([September 1952])
• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #34 (January 1953)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes; art credits by Craig Delich. Plot recycled as "The Menace Called It" in Superman #177

Stan Musial (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Interplanetary Restaurant! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Fischetti

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The men of space, whether they are the Planeteers who keep the law...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Wally Martin; Eben Kinnel (crook)

Synopsis

Wally Martin retires as cook for the Planeteers and plans to open his own restaurant, out in space. The venture is a huge success, until Eben Kinnel's offer to buy it cheap is rejected, at which point he hires someone to sabotage the restaurant. Tommy is on leave and visits his old friend, catching saboteurs, finding rare food, and towing the restaurant out of the shipping lanes by marshalling many of Willy's friends.

Indexer Notes

credits by Craig Delich

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Royal Desserts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Insect with the Longest Life Span of All Insects...17 Years] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cartoon Criss-Cross / activity / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel (signed)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Riddle Me This; Necco / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Mission of Mystery! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mightier than the Caesars of old are the powerful potentates of India...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Ali Mirovna; Bura; Budra; Jim Calvert

Synopsis

Bill prevents a maharajah from defrauding his employers, World Wide Insurance.

Keywords

Alwar (Indian city); Calcutta; Delhi; elephants; howdahs; India; scales; World Wide Insurance Company

Indexer Notes

credits by Craig Delich

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo (signed)

Pencils

Horace Elmo (signed)

Inks

Horace Elmo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Is there actually a land of perpetual rain?

Genre

non-fiction

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

Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Goodbye!" "Goodbye!" "What's eating you, Vic?

Genre

humor; teen

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

"Thar She Blows..." (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Erik H. Arctander

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Article about whaling.

A Horse for Vigilante! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's a great day for outlaws when an accident smashes the Vigilante's famed Vig-Cycle to smithereens...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; the Ramrod gang (crooks)

Synopsis

While pursuing the notorious Ramrod gang, the Vig-Cycle is smashed up, so Vigilant and Stuff are forced to find alternative transportation. They first borrow a horse-drawn chariot from a circus, but later settle for some finely bred horses, which serve admirably.

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1953 series) #1/1953 (januar 1953)
which is reprinted
• in Serieskatter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #2 ([november] 2015)

Indexer Notes

credits by Craig Delich

Enter Here -- If You Dare! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)