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Action Comics, #140

Published: January 1950

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Action Comics #140

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

Featuring Kodak

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman Becomes a Hermit!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"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.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Perry White
  • The Creeping Death (villainous plant)
Credits
Story Notes

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

Featuring Bazooka

Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page humor

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

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 5 1 page
The Space Clown!
Story 6 8 pages adventure; science fiction

"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.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Tim Tomorrow
  • Space Smuggler (villain)
Credits
3 Smash Adventures

Featuring Superboy

Story 7 1 page
Superman's Secret Message

Featuring Supermen of America

Story 8 0 pages
The Texas Rangers
Story 9 4 pages non-fiction; western-frontier

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

Storyline

Incidents in the history of Texas.

Characters
  • Dan Parker
  • Col. John C. Hays
  • Samuel Colt
  • Captain Walker
  • General Taylor
  • General Winfield Scott
  • Sam Bass
Credits
Superboy Says "Give Your Town a Present!"
Story 10 1 page advocacy; superhero
Credits
The Man Who Played Dead!
Story 11 6 pages adventure; drama

"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.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • John Bledsoe [Edward Bledsoe]
  • Bad News Haley
Credits
Story Notes

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

Heavens Above!
Story 12 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story 13 1 page humor

"So you let Mervyn date you, Gloria?"

Credits

Featuring Nestlé's Crunch

Story 14 0 pages
The Seven Wonders of the West!
Story 15 10 pages adventure; superhero

"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.

Characters
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Ferd Russell
  • Debby Girtmon
  • her father
Credits

Featuring Wilson Chemical Co.

Story 16 1 page

Featuring National Radio Institute

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Featuring Daisy B-B Guns

Story 18 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.