Action Comics #145

(June 1950)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Merton Gloop and His Magic Horseshoe! (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

Eeee! I can't look!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Merton Gloop; Lois Lane; Professor Carter

Synopsis

Professor Carter invents a horseshoe that repels anything and Merton Gloop walks off with it and consequently thinks he's become invulnerable.

Indexer Notes

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

Phil Rizzuto (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Show Must Go On! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Outlaw World! (Table of Contents: 5)

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're safe, Tommy Tomorrow!

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Jim Crewe (villain); Blake (crook); Horton (crook)

Synopsis

Tommy investigates an illegal gambling casino on a planet called Outlaw World, beyond the Solar System's three million mile limit.

Reprints

• in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #21 ([October 1950])

Indexer Notes

Not on Otto Binder's list as printed in Alter Ego 147.

The "Popsicle" Hall of Fame (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Beating the Broken Buckboard! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

"U. S." Royal [U. S. Royal; adventure comic ad]; U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Mystery of the Stolen Bell (Table of Contents: 8)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

George Kashdan

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who would resort to murder and deceit, just to steal an old, worthless bell?

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Burt Trent

Synopsis

Bill pursues a treasure hunter who blames natives for the theft of an alarm bell.

Reprints

• in Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #230 (April-May 1974)

Keywords

alarm bells; Dutch Guinea; headhunters; jeeps; Papua; tattoos; treasure maps

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

Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Shredded Ralston / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

We Could Have Killed Him! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Ray-o-Vac Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Egg and You (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Cowboy Magician (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Dan Barry (signed)

Inks

Bob Fujitani

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Without guns or tools of any type...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Alfalfa Perry

Synopsis

When the singing cowboy racket hits hard times, Greg adds magic tricks to his act.

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #6 ([March 1957])
• in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1958 (1958-9)

Indexer Notes

Inker revision from Barry to Fujitani per Alberto Becattini in Alter Ego #137 (January 2016).

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

Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Stagecoach Stick-Up (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America (Table of Contents: 19)

Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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