Action Comics #170

(July 1952)

Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Mad Artist of Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome ? (credited as Writer A)

Pencils

Al Plastino; Win Mortimer ? (splash page)

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

See! Just as in my painting that people said was mad!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Paul McKenzie; Dr. Hugo Renaldo; Dr. Igor Haan; Dr. Phillips

Synopsis

Lois drags Clark off to cover an exhibit at the Metropolis Art Galleries. Once a greatly admired painter, Paul McKenzie has suffered a mental breakdown and is now painting scenes which people consider ridiculous and impossible, such as a patch of summer in the middle of a winter landscape. Superman helps him regain his confidence by creating scenarios which mirror the paintings.

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

Champion Larry Yogi Berra Sparks Yankees! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Turns Terrific Clout Into Out! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Great Brain of Space! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton (sourced)

Pencils

Curt Swan (sourced)

Inks

Ray Burnley (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is said that no man can predict the future!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood; Dr. Willis Lorner

Synopsis

Dr. Willis Lorner tells a commander of the Planeteers that he has build a great electronic calculator which can predict future events. Tommy and Brent are dispatched to Pallas to investigate. There, the brain predicts Tommy's death on a certain date, and the imminent destruction of Pallas. Tommy reveals it to have been a scheme by two criminals to plunder the riches of Pallas after evacuation.

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #22 ([July 1958])
• in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1

Indexer Notes

Inks originally credited to John Fischetti.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Riddle Me This; Necco / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I had a great time today at Mindy's...

Genre

humor

The Gold That Changed to Lead! (Table of Contents: 10)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can one element possibly change into another...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Pete; Ward

Synopsis

Bill exposes gold thieves who are using a camouflaged air strip.

Keywords

airplanes; Bini-bini Air Strip; camouflage; gold; Lae; New Guinea; Wau gold fields

Indexer Notes

script credit from Craig Delich

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Push-Pedal Vacation (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bud Miller

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The King of Handcuffs! (Table of Contents: 13)

Vigilante / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never before has the valiant Vigilante met up with such a strange lawbreaker...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sander]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Dod Horton; The Cactus Kid (crook); "Rattler" Reed (crook)

Synopsis

In the Montana Hills, Dod Horton gloats over his collection of handcuffs used during the arrest of famous outlaws. In getting further items for the collection, he endangers the lives of Vigilante and Stuff, before finally being brought to justice.

Reprints

• in Stålmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1952 series) #5/1954 (mai 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Everyone here?

Genre

humor; military

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

The Craziest Pair in History (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)