Action Comics #141
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- February 1950
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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DC: Superman National Comics
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/8067
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Luthor's Secret Weapon!
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- Jack Adler, colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #8/1950 (April 1950)
- Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
1Credits
- Writing
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- Art
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- Text
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Notes
Inside front cover.
2"Neither blazing volcanoes, nor flying bullets..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jor-El; Lara; Perry White
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
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Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #47 ([July 1951?]) — Luthor's Secret Weapon
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Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #47 ([July 1951?]) — Luthor's Secret Weapon
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Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #20 (November 1951) — Luthor's Secret Weapon
- Printed in
- Stålmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1952 series) #7/1953 (juli 1953)
- Stålmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1952 series) #6/1953 (juni 1953)
- Superman Adventure Book (Atlas Publishing, 1955 series) #1956 (1956)
Synopsis
Luthor tricks Superman into helping him make synthetic Kryptonite.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
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4"You don't have to wait 2 months..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Star Spangled Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
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5Credits
- Writing
- Jack Liebowitz, scripter
- Text
- , typeset
6"The unearthly jungles of Venus..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Tommy Tomorrow
- Genre
- Adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Cadet Ross; Cadet Kilmer; Cadet Marlini; Cadet Berson
Credits
- Writing
- Otto Binder, scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- John Fischetti, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Tommy is sent to Planteteers school as a trainer, in order to uncover which of the four cadets under his wing has been planted by an interplanetary spy ring.
Notes
Previously credited to Otto Binder, but it's not in his records as published in Alter Ego 147.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Ray-o-Vac
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Text
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8"The Tai Ling owned by John Knox in Hong Kong..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Congo Bill
- Genre
- Adventure; drama
- Characters
- Congo Bill; John Knox; Miss Primrose
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ed Smalle, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
An excursion ship owner arranges to rob his own passengers in order to collect the insurance.
9"Ever on the alert for signs of crime..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman and Robin
- Genre
- Advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Schiff, scripter
- Art
- Win Mortimer, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Ira Schnapp, letterer
10"There's no telling sometimes how a fight will start..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure; Fantasy-Supernatural
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; the Mayor of Turtle City; John; Mary; Timothy Snow
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Joe Kubert, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
Synopsis
Zatara is due to give a magic show in Turtle City. Before the performance, fighting erupts throughout the gardens and streets of the town, resulting in an empty theater. Zatara magically interferes with the hostilities and restores common sense and order.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- Raymond Perry, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
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Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
12"One hamburger!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]
13Featuring
- Feature
- Nestlé's Crunch
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
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- Colours
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- Text
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14"All the kids can get to see Vigilante but me! I got to work!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Vigilante [Western hero]
- Genre
- Adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Tommy Taggart; Mister Conley
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Dan Barry, penciller
- , inker
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Stålmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1952 series) #12/1953 (desember 1953)
Synopsis
The Vigilante is scheduled to make a series of appearances at a Western Rodeo. The rodeo takings are robbed but the crooks hide the loot in The Vigilante's saddlebags, making it impossible for the court to convict them.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Rubber-for-Molds, Inc.
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
16Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Bob Hope
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside back cover.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy B-B Guns
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Fred Harman, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
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