Action Comics #158

(July 1951)

Now More Than Ever! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Kid from Krypton! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton ?; ?

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Invulnerable to every ordinary force or weapon on earth is Superman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jor-el; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Kane Korrel (villain)

Synopsis

When a meteor composed of kryptonite is poised to strike the town of Smithville Superman is stymied as to what to do. He knocks it away with a huge bolder but criminals track down the fallen object to use against him. Superman builds giant robots to help him get rid of the kryptonite.

Keywords

kryptonite; origin; robots; supermanium; uranium

Indexer Notes

Recap of Superman's origin and career. The kryptonite meteor is colored orange, not green.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Buffalo Hunting! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Reprints

• in Frontier Fighters (DC, 1955 series) #2 (November-December 1955)
• in All Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #118 (April-May 1961)

The Vanishing Convoy! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle (signed as EJS)

Inks

Ed Smalle (signed as EJS)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Across vast desert regions spreads the tide of modern civilization...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Ali Sau; Ibn Lande

Synopsis

Bill investigates the disappearance of oil truck convoys. He discovers a recalcitrant emir, determined to prevent modernization of the Middle East.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #11/1956 ([september] 1956)

Keywords

castles; oil; pipelines; Riyadh; Saudi Arabia; World Wide Insurance Company

Squeeze Play Saves the Day! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

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

The Secret of Planetoid X! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton; ?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

John Fischetti

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of all the solar system's celestial bodies in the year 2051...

Genre

adventure; science fiction

Characters

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; John Rann (villain)

Synopsis

John Rann claims to have built a dangerous weapon so that the Planteers will take him to Planetoid X where they store all the outlawed weapons.

Reprints

• in Stålmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1952 series) #8/1953 (august 1953)

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

Varsity Vic / 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

Hi, Vic, why so gloomy today?

Genre

humor

Neat Treat! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Jerry the Jitterbug / 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

There's that new doll in my class...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262 (March 1960)

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Nero's Greatest Invention (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

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

Varsity Vic / comic story / 2 pages (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

Ah, this is a nice spot on the beach...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Girls' Romances (DC, 1950 series) #46 (September 1957)
• in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #104 ([October 1957])

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

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo (signed)

Pencils

Horace Elmo (signed)

Inks

Horace Elmo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Which is more fattening...

Genre

non-fiction

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

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who discovered the Nile River?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #22 (August 1957)
which is reprinted
• in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #38 (1 de septiembre de 1970)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over! (Table of Contents: 20)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When it comes to winning audiences with stirring frontier ballads...

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Art Gravin (villain)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks formerly tentatively attributed to George Roussos. Current art identification by Saltarella who states that most of the inks are Roussos, but it looks like Brown "inks on the face in the middle panels of page 3."

Look for the Real Reason! (Table of Contents: 21)

Leave It to Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)