Action Comics, #147

Published: August 1950

Cover

Action Comics #147

Reviews

No reviews yet
Posts About This Issue

No discussions yet.

Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
The Kind of Stories You Like Best!

Featuring Danger Trail

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman Becomes Miss Lovelorn!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Almost every big newspaper has a romance editor..."

Storyline

Slipping away from Lois, Clark changes into costume and repairs damage done by the Blackout Bandits. She complains to Perry, who puts Clark on the "Miss Lovelorn" lonely hearts column. After the initial shock wears off he decides to throw himself into it with a will, answering letters describing seemingly hopeless situations, then (as Superman) changing the writer's fortunes for the better.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Perry White
  • Marley (crook)
  • "Checks" (crook)
  • Daisy Martin
  • Janet Jarrows
  • Egbert Norden
Credits
Trouble at Ghost-Town!
Story 3 1 page adventure
Message to Parents
Story 4 1 page
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 5 1 page
Heroes out of the Past!
Story 6 8 pages adventure; science fiction

"It is the year 5990, and an infamous desperado menaces the solar system."

Storyline

In order to combat an infamous criminal, scientist Jirim uses his time-ray to pull five heroes of the past into 5990. The Criminal accidentally destroys the time ray, and the five heroes go on a quest to find the rare elements needed to build another.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Jirim
  • Lura
  • Daniel Boone
  • King Richard the Lionheart
  • Erik the Red
  • Horatius

Featuring Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics; Adventure Comics

Story 7 1 page

"You don't have to wait 2 months..."

Story 8 1 page humor

"Hello! You're new around here, aren't you?"

Story 9 0 pages
Doorway to Danger!
Story 10 6 pages adventure; drama

"Half the hazards of the fabulous Thousand and One Arabian Nights..."

Storyline

Bill, in a Persian Gulf city, recovers a set of stolen rubies with the help of a couple from Keokuk, Iowa.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Miss Sloan
  • Abar Singh
  • Harry Becker [Ari Bakar]
  • Mazie Burke Becker [Marisimba]
  • Mir Bela
  • Mister Sloan
Credits
Story 11 1 page humor

"Have you a small boy with a toy bomb-sight?"

Story 12 1 page
Smoke-Eater
Story 13 1 page non-fiction; biography
Groucho Marxes On
Story 14 2 pages biography
Credits
Story 15 2 pages humor

"Psst, Bebe! Do you know who I am?"

The Horse That Could Talk!
Story 16 10 pages adventure; superhero

"A dangerous killer seldom leaves a witness to testify to his evil deeds..."

Storyline

Ted Wilson, star rider of a Wild West Show, is shot and killed. The owner of the show asks Greg if he could ask Vigilante, who was a good friend of Wilson, to take over. The temperamental Sage the Wonder Horse will remember Vigilante from the old days. Greg accept the job as an opportunity to investigate Wilson's death.

Characters
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Sage the Wonder Horse
  • Ted Wilson
  • Colonel Kip Kasen
  • Pete Randall
Credits
Story 17 1 page humor

"Pete, it's getting late. Better run upstairs and take your bath!"

Story 18 0 pages
Job Counselor
Story 19 1 page advocacy; superhero
Credits

Featuring The Adventures of Bob Hope

Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Rope 'Em Both, Partner!
Story 21 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.