Action Comics, #148
Published: September 1950
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Superman, Indian Chief!
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
- Colors: Jack Adler
New As Tomorrow!
Featuring Strange Adventures
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman, Indian Chief!
"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
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
"Look, gang! There's a real live Indian..."
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Story Notes
Sold by Fleer.
Editorial Advisory Board
Featuring Feature Films
The Gypsies of Space!
"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
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
"I made quite an impression on Jean by inviting her out to dinner."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"I could have told you, dear - we're having lobster!"
Credits
- Script: Harry Lampert
- Pencils: Harry Lampert
- Inks: Harry Lampert
- Letters: Harry Lampert
The Big Cats!
"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
Superman's Secret Message
Featuring Supermen of America
"Hmm-- A lot of robberies -- and there's a stranger in this neighborhood..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Some Salt on Your Steel
Storyline
Short article about the importance of iron through history.
Credits
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
"Peg, wasn't that Will's car you just got out of?"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring Kafloppos
"Gracious me! Such speed is dangerous."
The Big House Balladeers!
"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
- Script: Don C. Cameron
- Pencils: Dan Barry
- Inks: Dan Barry
"I better get to bed early..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Dodo and the Frog Ask "How Are Your Manners Out-of-Doors?"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Rube Grossman
- Inks: Rube Grossman
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.