Action Comics, #159

Published: August 1951

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Issue Contents:
The Man Who Owned Superman!

Story Featuring Superman

"After you finish building that bridge, Superman, take 20 minutes off for lunch!"

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The Man Who Owned Superman

Story Featuring Superman

"H-how do you do it, Whimple?"

Storyline

Lois tricks Superman into signing a promise to do whatever she asks for three days, but then she loses the paper and Oswald Whimple finds it.

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Story Featuring Varsity Vic

"Hello, Tootsie. Did you get the note I sent you?"

Showdown in Suez!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"Investigating international jewel thievery..."

Storyline

Bill pursues a gang of jewel thieves with the help of a reporter from Texas.

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Captain Tootsie Silences Rattler

Ad Featuring Captain Tootsie , Ad Featuring Tootsie Roll

Storyline

Captain Tootsie teaches a group of campers about snakes.

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Other
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Story Featuring Peg

"H'lo, Gladys. I want you to meet Ronald!"

The Planeteer from the Past!

Story Featuring Tommy Tomorrow

"Colonel Tommy Tomorrow has had many strange adventures..."

Storyline

Returning to Earth, Tommy and Brent find the wreck of a spaceship launched during the 1950s. Boarding the ship they find the pilot still at the controls, but he is not dead, merely frozen by the cold of space. They revive him and hear his amazing story.

Story Featuring Shorty

"Young man, would you help me out?"

The Trigger Trail of "Wild" Eddie Meeks!

Story Featuring Vigilante

"He was a dead-shot with a gun, but he was trigger-crazy."

Storyline

At age seventeen Eddie Meeks is a sharpshooter with a pistol, but is reckless with a mean streak. His stint as a deputy results in the sheriff letting him go, so he embarks on a career as a bounty hunter. He has no compunctions about bring them back dead, providing there is a reward in it, even to shooting a crook in the back.

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Sweet Land of Liberty!

Story Featuring Peter Porkchops

Storyline

The animals vote to enter a plain float in the Fourth of July parade so that they can spend more time entertaining veterans with their band. This dedication wins them a special prize instead of the "Best Decorated Float" they might have won if they had spent their time differently.

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Story Notes

inside back cover

Story Featuring Varsity Vic

"Good morning, Professor!"

Story Featuring Quick Quiz

"Which is the largest county in the world?"

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Monster of the Sea
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Story Notes

Back cover.

Tomahawk!
Superman's Secret Message
Neat Treat!
Editorial Advisory Board
Message to Parents
Cornered in the Corral!

"Step right up, folks..."

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The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands
Tops in Westerns!
Story Notes

Inside front cover.