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Action Comics, #136

Published: September 1949

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Action Comics #136

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman, Show-Off!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"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.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Perry White
  • the Mayor of Metropolis
Credits
Stan Musial
Story 3 1 page
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 4 1 page

Featuring Pow Wow Smith; Detective Comics

Story 5 1 page
The Seven Wonders of Space!
Story 6 8 pages adventure; science fiction

"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.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Lon Brett
Credits
Story 7 1 page
The Highwayman's Castle!
Story 8 6 pages jungle
Storyline

Bill exposes a false haunting of a castle.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Pistol Jack
  • Bad News Haley
  • Burton
  • Lady Wendover
  • Johnny Edwards
  • Lord Briarly
Credits
Story 9 1 page humor

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

Credits
Superman's Secret Message
Story 10 0 pages
The Big-House Break!
Story 11 6 pages adventure; fantasy

"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.

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "Jack" Zatara]
  • the Prison Warden
  • Keeley (head guard)
  • Bull Terill (convict), Ernie the Elephant (convict)
  • Spider (convict)
Credits
Story 12 1 page
Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops
Story 13 1 page advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
  • Peter Porkchops
  • Wolfie
Credits
Photographer of the West
Story 14 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
The Spur, the Handcuffs and the Branding Iron!
Story 15 8 pages superhero

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

Storyline

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

Characters
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff
  • Jubal March
  • Hank March
  • Red March
Credits
Follow the Danger Trail with Tomahawk

Featuring Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics

Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.