Action Comics #128

(January 1949)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Adventure of Little Red! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Whitney Ellsworth ?

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What's this?!?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Little Red Rollins; 'Aces' Ducey; Stupid Stanley Stetson

Synopsis

Superman exposes a plan to fix the outcome of a baseball game by poisoning its star player.

Henry Iba (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Star Spangled Comics; Flash Comics; Sensation Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

When Congo Bill Fails! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle (signed as E J S)

Inks

Ed Smalle (signed as E J S)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The richest diamond beds in the world...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Curt Mallin; Kathy Hale; Jack Butts

Synopsis

Bill proves that a mine manager is a thief.

Keywords

Asbestos Mountains; Bechuanaland; Capetown; costume jewelry; Crown Mines; Crown of Africa; diamonds; Kaap Plateau; Kimberly; leopards; Longmarket Street; South Africa; ultra-violet lamps; World Wide Insurance Company

Gets the Bird! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Chase through Space! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Fischetti

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The time -- 1988! The place -- Asteroid Prison!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Planeteers; Col. Tommy Tomorrow; Eagle Jack of Earth; Grozz of Mars (villain); unnamed frog man of Venus (villain)

Synopsis

The year is 1988. After a jailbreak from the Asteroid Prison, Col. Tommy Tomorrow chases Eagle Jack around the solar system, ultimately discovering that the convict was innocent.

Keywords

Asteroid Prison; Jupiter; Luna (Earth's moon); Martian; Saturn; Space Port; Venusian

Indexer Notes

A monument is depicted honoring the first moon trip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mystery Mine's Treasure! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Ray-o-Vac / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Horse for a Day! (Table of Contents: 12)

Zatara / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was bad enough when Harry double-crossed his pals...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "Jack" Zatara]; Ox Olson (crook); Ape Anderson (crook); Harry the Horse (crook)

Synopsis

Harry the Horse tells two of his fellow convicts how he got his nickname, when Zatara caught him and literally turned him into a horse.

Reprints

• in Western Comics (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #12 (January 1950)

A-B-C-D Spells H-E-A-L-T-H (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

William Morrison

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Casey the Cop / 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

Hey, you! What's the matter with you...

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey

Reprints

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #259 (September 1958) [condensed]

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

The Cowboy from Broadway (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't let anybody tell you that east is east...

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Mr. Craig; Jeb Sande (villain) and his gang

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)