Action Comics
#139
(December 1949)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949-10-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
- Reprints
-
in Action Comics (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1948 series) #133 ([circa January 1950]) -
in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #62 ([October 1952] ?) -
in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #35 (February 1953) -
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
-
Jimmy's Biggest Christmas (Thanks to Dad)
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Clark Kent... Daredevil!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everybody knows Clark Kent as a meek and timid mouse of a man...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sam Rafferty; J. Wimmer (Daily Planet publisher); Lew Bannion (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Planet's publisher wants Clark fired because he's too cowardly, so Clark doubles down on daredevil stunts, and saves his job but gets Perry fired instead. Meanwhile Lois decides Clark must be Superman.
Indexer Notes
Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk, but it's not in Woolfolk's records as described by Martin O'Hearn at Martinohearn.com One of the earliest stories in which Lois accuses Clark of being Superman.
Badmen of Mars!
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a story of the Great West...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tommy Tomorrow; Vulture Smith (villain); Sheriff Jones
- Synopsis
- Set in the 'future era' of 1989, Tommy is assigned to Mars to end the rustling activities of 'Vulture' Jones, who is using techniques from the old American West of a century earlier.
Indexer Notes
Formerly credited to Otto Binder, but not in Binder's records as printed in Alter Ego 147.
[no title indexed]
Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
Weapons of Ghengis Khan!
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Duka, among the people of Irab...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Prince Kurdu; Maj (villain); the Rajah of Irab
- Synopsis
- Following the murder of the rajah, Bill prevents a coup from unseating the prince.
- Keywords
- crossbows; Duka (Asian city); Himalaya Mountains; Irab (Asian country); life insurance; riots
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm - Let me see...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty
- Synopsis
- At a wishing well Shorty wishes for money to come his way, and is almost hit by a falling safe crammed with cash.
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #92 (June 1955)
-
Bells Tell a Briny Story
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you're ever in Ciudad Trujillo...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Reprinted from All Hands, the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Ring Out the Old! Ring In the New!
Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Within the acres of barbed wire...
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Josh Bentley; Peggy Bentley; Cookie; Bart Sheldon; Jim Sheldon
[no title indexed]
Erector / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.
The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid
Green Arrow / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Feather Kid
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow explains the meaning of the Red Feather and its relationship to social services.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
Jimmy's Biggest Christmas (Thanks to Dad)
AMF Roadmaster Bicycles -
2.
Clark Kent... Daredevil!
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
4.
Badmen of Mars!
Tommy Tomorrow -
5.
[no title indexed]
Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal -
6.
Tommy Tomorrow Contest Winners!
Tommy Tomorrow -
7.
[no title indexed]
Lionel Trains -
8.
[no title indexed]
Bazooka Bubble Gum -
9.
Weapons of Ghengis Khan!
Congo Bill -
10.
[no title indexed]
Columbia Bicycles -
11.
["Hmm - Let me see..."]
Shorty -
12.
[no title indexed]
Nestlé's Crunch -
13.
Bells Tell a Briny Story
-
14.
Editorial Advisory Board
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15.
[no title indexed]
Pan-American Band Instruments -
16.
Ring Out the Old! Ring In the New!
Vigilante -
17.
[no title indexed]
Erector -
18.
The Green Arrow and the Red Feather Kid
Green Arrow -
19.
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Film Studios Enlargements -
20.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
21.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn Shoes
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- Gregory Fischer
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- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
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- Jim Van Dore
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