Action Comics, #148

Published: September 1950

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Action Comics #148

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Issue Contents:
Superman, Indian Chief!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
New As Tomorrow!

Featuring Strange Adventures

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman, Indian Chief!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Over three hundred years ago..."

Storyline

Henry Meecher claims to own all the land in Metropolis. In court, he produces a document to prove that the sale of the land by Chief Gray Wolf in 1644 was illegal. The judge rules in his favor, and Meecher sets about demanding exorbitant rents or raze the buildings. Superman travels back in time to the point of the original sale. Gray Wolf is deposed as chief, but still sells the land to the settlers. The tribe make Superman their chief and sell the land in his name. Back in the present he brings evidence to show that, in fact, HE is the legal owner of all the land in Metropolis.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Henry Meecher Judge
  • Shama
Credits
Story 3 1 page children

"Look, gang! There's a real live Indian..."

Credits
Story Notes

Sold by Fleer.

Editorial Advisory Board
Story 4 1 page

Featuring Feature Films

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

"In the world of tomorrow there are Gypsies, as today..."

Storyline

Space Gypsies, nomads who roam from world to world, are suspected of a series of thefts. Tommy and Brent infiltrate the tribe on Venus, where robberies have just occurred and the Gypsies are ordered to leave the planet. The same thing happens on other worlds, until Tommy captures the real perpetrators.

Characters
  • Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
  • Brent Wood
  • Korath the Gypsy Chief
Story 7 1 page humor

"I made quite an impression on Jean by inviting her out to dinner."

Story 8 1 page
Story 9 1 page humor

"I could have told you, dear - we're having lobster!"

Story 10 0 pages
The Big Cats!
Story 11 6 pages adventure; drama

"When an actor has stage fright, the sight of an audience scares him..."

Storyline

Bill exposes an trainer who substitutes his animals for wild ones, and tries to defraud World Wide Insurance of $50,000.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • George Carey
Credits
Superman's Secret Message

Featuring Supermen of America

Story 12 0 pages
Story 13 2 pages humor

"Hmm-- A lot of robberies -- and there's a stranger in this neighborhood..."

Some Salt on Your Steel
Story 14 2 pages non-fiction
Storyline

Short article about the importance of iron through history.

Credits
Story 15 1 page humor

"Peg, wasn't that Will's car you just got out of?"

Story 16 0 pages

Featuring Kafloppos

Story 17 1 page humor

"Gracious me! Such speed is dangerous."

The Big House Balladeers!
Story 18 10 pages adventure; superhero

"Prison gates creak open..."

Storyline

A group of convicts form a singing quartet while still in prison, and upon release Greg gets them a gig singing on his radio show.

Characters
  • Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • The Calaboose Quartet [Lucas McLuke (singing convict)
  • Bill Sykes (singing convict)
  • Two-Gun Muldoon (singing convict)
  • Sad Sam (singing convict)]
  • Bugs Dorsey (crook)
Credits
Story 19 1 page humor

"I better get to bed early..."

Story 20 1 page
The Dodo and the Frog Ask "How Are Your Manners Out-of-Doors?"
Story 21 1 page advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Story 22 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 23 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.