Action Comics, #172
Published: September 1952
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Lois Lane, Witch!
"It's her fault!"
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Colors: Jack Adler
Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Lois Lane... Witch!
"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.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Cyrus Skinner
- Jor-el
- Lara
- Pa Kent
- Ma Kent
- "Lucky" Lewis (crook)
- Joe Dun
Credits
- Pencils: Al Plastino
- Inks: Al Plastino
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.
Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!
Featuring Sensation Mystery; The Phantom Stranger
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
Survival in the Snow!
"This looks like a swell ship!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring Necco
"Hey! You baseball fans! Look!"
"How did the term 'cold shoulder' originate?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
"Ok, ok. You're still my friend..."
The Eye of Space!
"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.
Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
- Captain Brent Wood
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
Story Notes
Jim Mooney begins an extended run on the feature.
"Bam bam" "That kid and his drum!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
"Ride a bike- it's fun!"
Featuring Sue
"Golly! Look at Jim Star go!"
Superman's Secret Message
Featuring Supermen of America
"Code Mercury No. 1"
The Man in the Mask
"Did you ever wonder why you made falsefaces as a child?"
Credits
- Script: Kamila Wiatrzyk
The Killer Horse of Hollow Hills!
"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.
Characters
- Vigilante [Greg Sanders], Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Richards
- Charlie Dirks
- Roy Bean
- the Carter gang (crooks)
"I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Featuring Motor's Auto Repair Manual
"How to fix any part of any car"
Story Notes
Back cover.