Action Comics, #141
Published: February 1950
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Luthor's Secret Weapon!
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lex Luthor
- Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Colors: Jack Adler
National Comics Takes "Top Place As the Choice of Parents and Children."
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Luthor's Secret Weapon
"Neither blazing volcanoes, nor flying bullets..."
Storyline
Luthor tricks Superman into helping him make synthetic Kryptonite.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lex Luthor
- Lois Lane
- Jor-El
- Lara
- Perry White
Credits
- Script: Suat Yalaz
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Featuring Bazooka
Featuring Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics
"You don't have to wait 2 months..."
Credits
- Script: Arlindo Fagundes
50 Worlds in One!
"The unearthly jungles of Venus..."
Storyline
Tommy is sent to Planteteers school as a trainer, in order to uncover which of the four cadets under his wing has been planted by an interplanetary spy ring.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Cadet Ross
- Cadet Kilmer
- Cadet Marlini
- Cadet Berson
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
Story Notes
Previously credited to Otto Binder, but it's not in his records as published in Alter Ego 147.
Bear Trapped!
Featuring Ray-o-Vac
The Plundering of the Tai Ling!
Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!
"Ever on the alert for signs of crime..."
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Fighting Fools!
"There's no telling sometimes how a fight will start..."
Storyline
Zatara is due to give a magic show in Turtle City. Before the performance, fighting erupts throughout the gardens and streets of the town, resulting in an empty theater. Zatara magically interferes with the hostilities and restores common sense and order.
Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- the Mayor of Turtle City
- John
- Mary
- Timothy Snow
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: Joe Kubert
Story Notes
Final appearance of the Zatara feature in Action Comics.
Miss Liberty, Her Story
Credits
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
Story Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
"One hamburger!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring Nestlé's Crunch
A Day at the Rodeo!
"All the kids can get to see Vigilante but me! I got to work!"
Storyline
The Vigilante is scheduled to make a series of appearances at a Western Rodeo. The rodeo takings are robbed but the crooks hide the loot in The Vigilante's saddlebags, making it impossible for the court to convict them.
Characters
- Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Tommy Taggart
- Mister Conley
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Dan Barry
Featuring Rubber-for-Molds, Inc.
Look Who's Here!
Featuring The Adventures of Bob Hope
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Featuring Daisy B-B Guns
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Story Notes
Back cover.