Action Comics #155

DC Comics

United States

Published
April 1951
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
DC: Superman National Comics
 
DC: Superman National Comics
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/8818

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Cover Girl Mystery! (Superman) Cover, 1 page
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Tomahawk) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Tomahawk

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Cover Girl Mystery! (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]

Credits

Art
Al Plastino

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #51 ([November 1951])
The Cover Girl Mystery!
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #24 ([March 1952])
The Cover Girl Mystery
Show/hide 3. Untitled (Nabisco Shredded Wheat) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Nabisco Shredded Wheat
Show/hide 4. Untitled (Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

"Let's go in and hear our fortunes!"

Featuring

Feature
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Genre
Children

Credits

Art
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Peg) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"This hat is a dream!"

Featuring

Feature
Peg
Genre
Humor
Characters
Peg

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

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Also printed
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #18 ([December 1951])
Untitled
Show/hide 6. The Two Tommy Tomorrows! (Tommy Tomorrow) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tommy Tomorrow
Genre
Science fiction
Characters
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
John Fischetti

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #30 ([July 1951?])
The Two Tommy Tomorrows
Show/hide 7. Untitled (Royal Desserts) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Royal Desserts
Show/hide 8. Untitled (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 0.75 pages

"Don't forget, Casey, we're going to the movies tonight!"

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Humor
Characters
Casey the Cop

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 9. Untitled (Nestlé's Crunch) Advertisement, 0.25 pages

Featuring

Feature
Nestlé's Crunch
Show/hide 10. Sands of Death! (Congo Bill) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill
Genre
Jungle
Characters
Congo Bill; Tim Troy; Charles Steel; Mearns

Credits

Art
Ed Smalle [as EJS]

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Congo Bill (Colour Comics, 1951 series) #3 ([July 1951?]) —Adventures of Congo Bill

Synopsis

Bill works to prevent a motion picture producer from killing his star to claim insurance money.

Show/hide 11. Untitled [Captain Tootsie Shows 'Em How to Walk on Stilts] (Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Pop) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Pop
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Captain Tootsie

Credits

Script
Bill Schreiber
Art
Bill Schreiber
Show/hide 12. Untitled Cartoon, 0.67 pages

"Are pearls found only in oysters?"

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Script
H. T. Elmo
Art
H. T. Elmo
Show/hide 13. Superman's Secret Message (Supermen of America) Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Supermen of America

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 14. How's Your Volapuk? Text article, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Author
Art
Raymond Perry
Letters
typeset

Notes

Art credits submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Show/hide 15. Untitled (Shorty) Comic story, 0.67 pages

"I'd like to see a nice bed!"

Featuring

Feature
Shorty
Genre
Humor
Characters
Shorty

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #30 ([July 1951?])
Untitled
Show/hide 16. Untitled (Columbia) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Columbia

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 17. Untitled (Little Pete) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Pardon me, mister, where is the information desk?"

Featuring

Feature
Little Pete
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 18. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 19. The Gun That Killed the Vigilante! (Vigilante) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Vigilante
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

Credits

Art
Bob Brown
Show/hide 20. Untitled (Mystery in Space) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mystery in Space
Show/hide 21. Superman Says: "Human Rights for All!" (Superman) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Advocacy; superhero
Characters
Superman

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff
Art
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
Jack Schiff
Show/hide 22. Untitled (Novelty Mart) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Novelty Mart

Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 23. Untitled (Thom McAn) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Thom McAn

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 40578

Cover added

  • 03/09/2010

Index completed

  • 05/09/2019

Last updated

  • 05/09/2019