Action Comics , #127

Published: December 1948

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Truth or Consequences

Story Featuring Superman

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The two faces, at least, appear to be inked by someone other than Plastino. The cover is the same as the story's splash panel.

Superman Takes the Consequences!

Story Featuring Superman

"Everyone knows that Superman is the most truthful person in the world!"

Storyline

Superman appears on the radio program Truth or Consequences. His answers are truthful, as we have come to expect, but are rendered in such a way as to be obscure. When asked if he loves Lois Lane, for example, his response is so loud than none can understand; and when asked to reveal his secret identity he writes the answer on a blackboard so fast that it melts.

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With Ralph Edwards, featuring Superman on the popular contemporary Truth or Consequences radio program. The splash panel is also used as the cover. The faces, at least, of all characters throughout the story appear to be inked by someone other than Plastino.

The Man Who Laughed at Scotland Yard!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"The fabulous "Truthful" Smith was as smart a crook as ever polished his fingertips on a safe!"

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Bill pursues a diamond thief.

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The Interplanetary Aquarium

Story Featuring Tommy Tomorrow

"The man of the future!"

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The year is 1988. Tommy Tomorrow recently graduated from Space Port with the rank of Colonel in the Planeteers. He is instructed to visit other planets in the solar system and bring back specimens of marine life, so that the giant aquarium can be expanded to an Interplanetary Aquarium. Joan Gordy of the Planetary Radio News accompanies Col. Tomorrow and his crew.

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(1) The character "Tommy Tomorrow" appeared earlier in fillers prophesying the future in Real Fact Comics #6, 8, and 13, although this is a different treatment of him. (2) The events of Real Fact Comics #16 occur between page 2 panel 2 and page 2 panel 3 of the Tommy Tomorrow story in this issue. (3) The creature which appears on page 6 is an obvious homage to Basil Wolverton.

Magic Music!

Story Featuring Zatara

"Hold on to your high notes..."

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Tommy Kane self-finances publication of a song he has written, Beep Mullins gets him to sign a contract which curtails his rights to any profits. Zatara entertains at a musician's convention, where he animates various instruments and runs into Tommy, who explains the publishing situation. Zatara causes all manner of inanimate objects - the Statue of Liberty, civic hall clocks, statues in parks - to warble Tommy's song, which become a big hit.

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El Boleadoro!

"Long before he reached Argentina on his world tour..."

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The Singing Troubadour Greg Sanders is on a world tour. While in Argentina he foils the criminal career of El Boleadoro

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Back cover.

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Inside back cover.

Superman's Secret Message
Wild Pitch
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Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Yea, Bucko!
Editorial Advisory Board
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On the page between page 5 and page 6 of the previous story sequence.

Old Nick Solves the Yacht Club Mystery in the Nick of Time
Bobby Dodd
Can You Solve This Puzzle?
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Inside front cover.