Action Comics, #172

Published: September 1952

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Issue Contents:
Lois Lane, Witch!

Story Featuring Superman

"It's her fault!"

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Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!

Story Featuring Buzzy

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Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Lois Lane... Witch!

Story Featuring Superman

"It's ridiculous to say I'm unlucky!"

Storyline

In actually doing Clark a good deed by taking his dirty shirts to the laundry, Lois finds a small jeweled ornament which has fallen from a pocket. Several coincidences convince her that she has become a jinx, so she decides to use her new "power" to harass criminals who are beyond the law. With the hidden aid of Superman she succeeds in intimidating several crooked characters. The jeweled ornament, we learn, was put in baby Kal-el's rocket by his father, Jor-el, to destroy any threatening meteors, as it has the property to weaken iron.

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Story Notes

The story contains a one page recap of the last days of Krypton, the rocketing away of baby Kal-el, and of the Kents finding him in a field in Kansas.

Survival in the Snow!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"I must stay awake, or they'll steal the sled and desert me!"

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Bill pursues a pair of jewel thieves through the Alaskan Arctic.

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Story Featuring Shorty

"This looks like a swell ship!"

The Eye of Space!

Story Featuring Tommy Tomorrow

"From unknown outer space it came, a monstrous visitant of mysterious menace that brought panic to the worlds of tomorrow!"

Storyline

A giant eye appears in the sky above Saturnopolis, causing panic among the inhabitants. Tommy and Brent are dispatched to investigate, and find that the eye has caused no damage, but rather seems simply to observe its surroundings. Tommy reasons that it is, in fact, an ultra-scientific television camera operated by remote control.

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Story Notes

Jim Mooney begins an extended run on the feature.

Story Featuring Little Pete

"Bam bam" "That kid and his drum!"

"Golly! Look at Jim Star go!"

The Killer Horse of Hollow Hills!

Story Featuring Vigilante

"H-hang on, Vig! You've just got to last 24 hours!"

Storyline

Vigilante prevents a group of men from shooting a magnificent black stallion, which they believe to be a jinx, killing or maiming anyone who tries to ride it. Vigilante makes a bargain, that if he can stay in the saddle of the stallion for twenty four hours, the horse will be spared.

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"How to fix any part of any car"

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Back cover.

Ad Featuring Jowett Institute of Physical Training

"I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!"

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Inside back cover.

The Man in the Mask

"Did you ever wonder why you made falsefaces as a child?"

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Superman's Secret Message

"Code Mercury No. 1"

Ad Featuring Bendix Coaster Brake

"Ride a bike- it's fun!"

Ad Featuring Wildroot Cream-Oil

"Ok, ok. You're still my friend..."

Story Featuring Quick Quiz

"How did the term 'cold shoulder' originate?"

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"Hey! You baseball fans! Look!"

Editorial Advisory Board
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Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.

Ad Featuring Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids

"Golly, he's good!"

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Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!