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Action Comics, #140

Published: January 1950

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Issue Contents:

Story Featuring Superman

Credits
Superman Becomes a Hermit!

Story Featuring Superman

"It's no use, folks!"

Storyline

Superman tries to go somewhere and think, but the nosy busybodies from the Daily Planet won't let him.

Credits
Story Notes

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

Story Featuring Little Pete

"C'mon, we'll call for Nelson!"

Credits
The Space Clown!

Story Featuring Tommy Tomorrow

"We all know Colonel Tommy Tomorrow, of 1989..."

Storyline

Tommy gets drummed out of the Planeteers and takes up a career as a Space Clown.

Credits
The Texas Rangers

"It was 1835. The infant Republic of Texas sprawled under the blazing sun."

Storyline

Incidents in the history of Texas.

Credits
The Man Who Played Dead!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"an the strange ability to imitate death..."

Storyline

Explorer John Bledsoe concocts a scheme to defraud Congo Bill's employer, World Wide Insurance, by using a lama's trick of suspended animation and by inventing a twin brother.

Credits
Story Notes

Previously credited to Otto Binder. Binder's records printed in Alter Ego 147 do not include any Congo Bill stories

Story Featuring Peg

"So you let Mervyn date you, Gloria?"

Credits
The Seven Wonders of the West!

Story Featuring Vigilante

"For days, taking time off for food and water and a little sleep..."

Storyline

Ferd Russell wants to marry Debby but her father has set impossible tasks he must complete before he will give his permission.

Credits
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Heavens Above!
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Superboy Says "Give Your Town a Present!"

Story Featuring Superboy

Credits
Superman's Secret Message
3 Smash Adventures
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes

Inside front cover.