Action Comics, #136

Published: September 1949

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Story Featuring Superman

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Superman, Show-Off!

Story Featuring Superman

"Be sure to get a good picture of me!"

Storyline

When Metropolis is threatened by a giant meteor, Superman must make preparations without inciting a panic. To do so, he disguises his actions as motivated by a desire for publicity.

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The Seven Wonders of Space!

Story Featuring Tommy Tomorrow

"Earth's history records that in ancient times..."

Storyline

Tommy is dishonorably discharged from the Planeteers when he has no explanation why his ship was destroyed. In company with reporter Lon Brett he sets off to chronicle the seven wonders of space. The seventh is elusive until Brett says they should describe it as an invisible planet. This provides Tommy with the reason his ship was destroyed and he is reinstated.

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The Highwayman's Castle!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

Storyline

Bill exposes a false haunting of a castle.

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Story Featuring Casey the Cop

"Hey, you - stop! What's the big rush?"

The Big-House Break!

Story Featuring Zatara

"Even Zatara, master magician, sometimes goes to jail..."

Storyline

Zatara is due to give a magic show in a prison, and foils a breakout by transforming some of the prisoners into animals.

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The Spur, the Handcuffs and the Branding Iron!

"Into the little town of Cottonwood Gulch come three men..."

Storyline

The Vigilante and Snuff show three brothers the error of their greedy ways.

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Photographer of the West
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Story Notes

Back cover.

Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops

Story Featuring Peter Porkchops

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Superman's Secret Message
Editorial Advisory Board
Stan Musial
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Follow the Danger Trail with Tomahawk