Action Comics #140

(January 1950)

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Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman Becomes a Hermit! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Dorothy Woolfolk

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's no use, folks!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Creeping Death (villainous plant)

Synopsis

Superman tries to go somewhere and think, but the nosy busybodies from the Daily Planet won't let him.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk.

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Bazooka / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Little Pete / 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

C'mon, we'll call for Nelson!

Genre

humor; children

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

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

The Space Clown! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton ?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Fischetti

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We all know Colonel Tommy Tomorrow, of 1989...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Tim Tomorrow; Space Smuggler (villain)

Synopsis

Tommy gets drummed out of the Planeteers and takes up a career as a Space Clown.

3 Smash Adventures (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

The Texas Rangers (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Sparling

Pencils

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Inks

Jack Sparling ?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was 1835. The infant Republic of Texas sprawled under the blazing sun.

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Dan Parker; Col. John C. Hays; Samuel Colt; Captain Walker; General Taylor; General Winfield Scott; Sam Bass

Synopsis

Incidents in the history of Texas.

Superboy Says "Give Your Town a Present!" (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

advocacy; superhero

The Man Who Played Dead! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

an the strange ability to imitate death...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; John Bledsoe [Edward Bledsoe]; Bad News Haley

Synopsis

Explorer John Bledsoe concocts a scheme to defraud Congo Bill's employer, World Wide Insurance, by using a lama's trick of suspended animation and by inventing a twin brother.

Keywords

contact lenses; diamonds; Himalaya Mountains; life insurance; rhinoceroses; suspended animation; telescopic sites; the Transvaal; Tibet; World Wide Insurance Company

Indexer Notes

Previously credited to Otto Binder. Binder's records printed in Alter Ego 147 do not include any Congo Bill stories

Heavens Above! (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

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Peg / comic story / 0.75 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

So you let Mervyn date you, Gloria?

Genre

humor; teen

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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Seven Wonders of the West! (Table of Contents: 15)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Dan Barry

Inks

Sy Barry

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For days, taking time off for food and water and a little sleep...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Ferd Russell; Debby Girtmon; her father

Synopsis

Ferd Russell wants to marry Debby but her father has set impossible tasks he must complete before he will give his permission.

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Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)