Action Comics, #150
Published: November 1950
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Issue Contents:
Action! Thrills! Excitement!
Featuring The Adventures of Alan Ladd
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Secret of the 6 Superman Statues!
"All over the world they started popping up..."
Storyline
Morko plants many statues of Superman across the nation. Superman is perplexed, but eventually realizes it was all a ploy to burrow a tunnel through Mount Avery, for which Morko will charge a toll fee. Superman burrows another, parallel tunnel and opens it toll-free.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
- Morko (villain)
- Perry White
Credits
- Script: Dorothy Woolfolk
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Bill Woolfolk.
Saving the Farmer's Crop
"This doctor is supposed to be one of the best!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Editorial Advisory Board
The Forgotten Heroes of Space!
"Those old has-beens think they can still fly space!"
Storyline
Tommy is visiting President Gilson of Interspace Shiplines. Upon leaving he spots three veterans and recognizes them as space heroes from his young days. Because of their age they are unable to get any flying jobs, so Tommy helps them set up their own freight line.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- President Gilson
- Jon Lorrow
- Robby Ross
- Red Weldin
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
"This ought to keep those durn girls away!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
"The antlers of the European red deer..."
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
"What is that which has never been felt..."
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
Overboard About It!
Bare Hands!
"What are a man's chances to live only with his two hands?"
Storyline
To win a wager Bill agrees to live on a desert island for a month without equipment or supplies. He discovers a pair of murderers, fugitives from justice, living on the island. While Bill is attempting to capture them, they fall to their deaths. Bill wins the wager and makes his way home.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Collins
- Wells
- Joe Fallon
- Mike Fallon
"Golly - I haven't been to one in years!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Teaching Our Youth to Drive
Credits
- Script: Hervé Prudon
"I've been waiting to see this picture!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"Pete, your mother and I were discussing you..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Superman's Secret Message
Six Slugs for the Vigilante!
Thrills and Chills
Featuring Strange Adventures
Nature Loves a Nature-Lover
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.