Action Comics #162
DC Comics
United States
![Untitled [It]](/image/13751/page-1-action-comics-dc-1938-series-162-untitled-it.jpg "Untitled [It]")
- Published
- November 1951
- Page count
- 44
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/9213
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, original Managing Editor
- Mort Weisinger, original Story Editor
- George Kashdan, original Story Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled [It]
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, line art
- Text
- Ira Schnap, letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- IT (intro)
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Finger , scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #61 ([September 1952?]) — It!
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #34 (January 1953) — It!
Notes
writer credit by Bob Hughes; art credits by Craig Delich. Plot recycled as "The Menace Called It" in Superman #177
3Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
4"Wonder what's on top?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Fleer's Dubble Bubble
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ray Thompson, line art [signed as Ray T.]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Sequential panel art ad for bubble gum.
5Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- John Fischetti, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Colour Comics, 1955 series) #21 ([December 1956?]) — The Interplanetary Restaurant
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Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Colour Comics, 1955 series) #21 ([December 1956?])
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Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #24 ([January 1963?]) — The Interplanetary Restaurant
Notes
credits by Craig Delich
7Featuring
- Feature
- Royal Desserts
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
8Featuring
- Feature
- Cartoon Criss-Cross
Credits
- Writing
- Martin Naydel, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Martin Naydel, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Martin Naydel, letterer [signed]
9Featuring
- Feature
- Riddle Me This; Necco
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
10Featuring
- Genre
- Jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Ali Mirovna; Bura; Budra; Jim Calvert
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ed Smalle, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Bill prevents a maharajah from defrauding World Wide.
Notes
credits by Craig Delich
11"Is there actually a land of perpetual rain?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Horace Elmo, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Horace Elmo, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Horace Elmo, letterer [signed]
12Featuring
- Feature
- Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13"Goodbye! Goodbye! What's eating you, Vic?"
Featuring
- Genre
- Humor; teen
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #58 ([June 1952?]) — Untitled
14Featuring
- Feature
- Supermen of America
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
15Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- Erik H. Arctander, author
- Art
- (illustration, line art (illustration)
- , penciller (illustration)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Article about whaling.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Vigilante
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Brown, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
credits by Craig Delich
17Featuring
- Feature
- House of Mystery
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside back cover.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Thom McAn
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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