Action Comics, #162
Published: November 1951
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Issue Contents:
It
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Colors: Jack Adler
Superman Says: "The World Is Our Schoolroom!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
It!
"Out of nowhere it came..."
Storyline
An alien being from another dimension threatens Metropolis.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- It (intro)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger (uncertain)
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
writer credit by Bob Hughes; art credits by Craig Delich. Plot recycled as "The Menace Called It" in Superman #177
Stan Musial
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
The Interplanetary Restaurant!
"The men of space, whether they are the Planeteers who keep the law..."
Storyline
Wally Martin retires as cook for the Planeteers and plans to open his own restaurant, out in space. The venture is a huge success, until Eben Kinnel's offer to buy it cheap is rejected, at which point he hires someone to sabotage the restaurant. Tommy is on leave and visits his old friend, catching saboteurs, finding rare food, and towing the restaurant out of the shipping lanes by marshalling many of Willy's friends.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Wally Martin
- Eben Kinnel (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
Story Notes
credits by Craig Delich
The Insect with the Longest Life Span of All Insects...17 Years (1)
Credits
- Script: Martin Naydel
- Pencils: Martin Naydel
- Inks: Martin Naydel
- Letters: Martin Naydel
Riddle Me This
Mission of Mystery!
"Mightier than the Caesars of old are the powerful potentates of India..."
Storyline
Bill prevents a maharajah from defrauding his employers, World Wide Insurance.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Ali Mirovna
- Bura
- Budra
- Jim Calvert
Story Notes
credits by Craig Delich
"Is there actually a land of perpetual rain?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
"Goodbye!" "Goodbye!" "What's eating you, Vic?"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Superman's Secret Message
"Thar She Blows..."
A Horse for Vigilante!
"It's a great day for outlaws when an accident smashes the Vigilante's famed Vig-Cycle to smithereens..."
Storyline
While pursuing the notorious Ramrod gang, the Vig-Cycle is smashed up, so Vigilant and Stuff are forced to find alternative transportation. They first borrow a horse-drawn chariot from a circus, but later settle for some finely bred horses, which serve admirably.
Characters
- Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- the Ramrod gang (crooks)
Story Notes
credits by Craig Delich
Enter Here -- If You Dare!
Featuring House of Mystery
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.