Action Comics
#163
(December 1951)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1951-10-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Girl of Tomorrow
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wait, Superman!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Susan Semple [The Girl of Tomorrow]
- Reprints
in 
Enter Here -- If You Dare!
House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Girl of Tomorrow
Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aaah...Deep in the wild jungles of Venus!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Susan Semple [The Girl of Tomorrow]; Lois Lane; Professor Weirton; Perry White; Mr. Rollins
- Synopsis
- Susan Semple, a receptionist at the Daily Planet, dreams of being romantically involved with Superman. Lois is sent to interview madcap scientist Professor Weirton, but returns denouncing his wild yarn about a cabinet which can change people into super-beings. In desperation, Susan visits him and is subjected to the experimental process. This transforms her into a magnificent mental and physical specimen, and her first aimis to get Superman to marry her.
The Junkman of Space!
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the world of 2951, Joe Wilson stills works at the ancient trade of salvaging...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Joe Wilson
- Synopsis
- Tommy and Brent are caught in a space vortex, and all looks hopeless until a salvage cruiser pulls them to safety. This belongs to the so-called "Junkman of Space", Joe Wilson. He brings them to his planet and fixes up their ship. He then shows them a group of older vessels which he has salvaged and reconstructed.
- Reprints
-
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #19 ([April 1958])
-
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
- Genre
- children
Indexer Notes
Sold by Fleer.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
The Bandit Ghost!
Congo Bill / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you believe in ghosts...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Ghost of Hidalgo; Duke of Floro; Jose
- Synopsis
- Bill exposes an extortion ring in a small Italian village.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cutlasses; disguises; dogs; ghosts; Muella (Italian island); treasure chests
in Talking Cats
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Art credits per Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll get two dollars for watching Melvin this afternoon...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #122 (July 1958)
-
The Strangest Posse in the World!
Vigilante / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There wasn't a cowpoke in Banner City who'd ride herd for rancher Parker...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- Vigilante[Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Duke Parker; Dod Summers
- Synopsis
- Duke Parker has been unable to get help to make his cattle drive to market since a band of raiders attacked the herd. But Vigilante gathers together an oddball group of cowpokes and leads the beef to market, in the process exposing Parker's supposed friend and neighbor Dod Summers as the leader of the outlaws.
Captain Tootsie Bags Mountain Lion
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- William Schreiber (signed)
- Pencils
- William Schreiber (signed)
- Inks
- William Schreiber (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- William Schreiber ? (signed)
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Farmer Jones
- Synopsis
- Captain Tootsie captures a mountain lion that has been killing Farmer Jones's sheep.
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 3 and page 4 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, it looks pretty!
- Genre
- humor; military
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Girl of Tomorrow
Superman -
1.
Enter Here -- If You Dare!
House of Mystery -
2.
The Girl of Tomorrow
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
4.
[no title indexed]
Kellogg's Pep -
5.
[no title indexed]
Royal Desserts -
6.
The Junkman of Space!
Tommy Tomorrow -
7.
Out of This World
Necco Wafers -
8.
[no title indexed]
Nabisco Shredded Wheat -
9.
["I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
10.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
11.
The Bandit Ghost!
Congo Bill -
12.
Talking Cats
-
13.
["I'll get two dollars for watching Melvin this afternoon..."]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
14.
Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory
Erector -
15.
The Strangest Posse in the World!
Vigilante -
16.
Captain Tootsie Bags Mountain Lion
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
17.
[no title indexed]
Vitalis Hair Cream -
18.
[no title indexed]
Lionel Trains -
19.
["Gee, it looks pretty!"]
Private Pete -
20.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
21.
Otto Graham
Wheaties
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