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Issue: Action Comics #159
Publication Date: August 1951
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Issues: #159 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/18/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Man Who Owned Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Oswald Whimple
First Line: After you finish building that bridge, Superman, take 20 minutes off for lunch!
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Pages: 1
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Tops in Westerns!

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Owned Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Oswald Whimple; Perry White; Miss Hardcrumb; Mr. Stevens
First Line: H-how do you do it, Whimple?
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 12
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The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands

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Feature(s): Popsicle
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: Hello, Tootsie. Did you get the note I sent you?
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In Issue: FlagThe Adventures of Bob Hope #37 published February 1956
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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Pages: 0.33
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Showdown in Suez!

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Beth Carson; Legroot (villain); Ricardo the Owl; Soldar; Istool
First Line: Investigating international jewel thievery...
Synopsis: Bill pursues a gang of jewel thieves with the help of a reporter from Texas.
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Pages: 6
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Captain Tootsie Silences Rattler

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Captain Tootsie teaches a group of campers about snakes.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Step right up, folks...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peg
First Line: H'lo, Gladys. I want you to meet Ronald!
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The Planeteer from the Past!

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Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Joe Smith; The Five-Planet Bandits (villains)
First Line: Colonel Tommy Tomorrow has had many strange adventures...
Synopsis: 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.
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Cornered in the Corral!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Message to Parents

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Monster of the Sea

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Which is the largest county in the world?
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Neat Treat!

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Feature(s): Nestlé's Crunch
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Young man, would you help me out?
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #20 published April 1957
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #282 published November 1961
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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The Trigger Trail of "Wild" Eddie Meeks!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; "Wild" Eddie Meeks (villain); the Bartlett brothers [Willie; Carl; Walt (crooks)]; Postal Inspector Harris
First Line: He was a dead-shot with a gun, but he was trigger-crazy.
Synopsis: 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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Varsity Vic
First Line: Good morning, Professor!
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In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #263 published April 1960
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRommets Helter #2/1966 published January 1966
as Søvnens betydning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.75
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.25
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Tomahawk!

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Feature(s): Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 1
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Sweet Land of Liberty!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
Character(s): Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Synopsis: 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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Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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