Action Comics, #153
Published: February 1951
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Issue Contents:
The 100 Deaths of Clark Kent
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Colors: Jack Adler
Featuring Big Town
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The 100 Deaths of Clark Kent!
"This is a tle of hunters and hunted - but a strangely twisted one!"
Storyline
An underworld gangster puts out a $100,000 reward for the killing of Clark Kent. Lois actually sees Clark get shot in the arm, so he has to wear a sling for the rest of the story. Meanwhile, the Kingpin is convinced that the only way Clark could have avoided all his deathtraps is if he was Superman.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
- Kingpin (villain)
- Perry White
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
"See yourself in Straight Arrow's secret cave!"
"Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
Castaway World!
"When Colonel Tommy Tomorrow undertakes a confidential mission in plain clothes..."
Storyline
Kylen discovers a new scientific weapon so the Planeteers assign Tommy to a plain clothes detail to protect him. When Ennis releases Kylen's discovery it destroys the space vessel they are travelling on, so they all end up trapped on a small planetoid. But Tommy creates a space beacon using stone tools.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Dr. Kylen
- Marcia Mayne
- Ennis (villain)
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
Captain Tootsie Cheers Orphans
Storyline
Captain Tootsie brings a sled to the orphanage so the children can play in the snow.
Characters
"Jeepers, have I got a swell date this afternoon!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Lucky Block
Diamond Doom!
"This is not professional..."
"Boys! Girls! Hurry! Get this big beautiful real scale model!"
"Panic stalks the forest..."
Credits
- Script: Rob Ten Pas
Where Is the Forest Primeval?
"Sagebrush, I have to go to the big city..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Three Dead Letters!
"What is the mystery sealed in three faded letters that were never delivered..."
Storyline
When Eddie Minton dies he leaves a coded message in three letters, so that his former partner Dan won't discover the source of his wealth. The letters are lost for years in a stage coach wreck until the Vigilante finds them and traces the recipients down, with Dan Black on his trail.
Characters
- Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Eddie Minton
- Dan Black
- Prentiss
- Doc Harker
- Sheriff Lawton
"Concealed in this Silly Dilly are the names of five vehicles."
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
Featuring The Westfield Manufacturing Company
"Be the king of the road with this great bike!"
"That American pioneers who invaded the West..."
The World of Adventure in Books
Featuring Shining Knight; Green Arrow; Tomahawk
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Your Christmas Daisy Ready
"Tell Dad you'd like this husky, straight-shooting Cowboy Carbine for Christmas!"
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Harman
- Inks: Fred Harman
Story Notes
Back cover.