Action Comic
Trans-Tasman Magazines Limited
New Zealand (Aotearoa).
- Published
- 1960
- Page count
- 84?
- Cover price
- 2/- [0-2-0 NZP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Silver Age size (185mm x 265mm)
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic
- Branding
-
None
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
This issue is a variant of:
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
"Picture stories of action and adventure!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
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- First print
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Action Comic (Red Circle, 1958? series) ([1958?]) — Untitled
Notes
This cover is loosely based on scenes from the story "Trapped in Space".
1Featuring
- Feature
- Robin Hood
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ogden Whitney, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- , original Editor
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Notes
Pages 8 and 9 of this story appear to have been expanded from a single page. The original story is 10 pages.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- 7655
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
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3Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- 7828 (?)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
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4"A wild goose chase changes into a rousing adventure when Blue Bolt gets on the trail of a meek, mild little man with a deadly trigger finger!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Blue Bolt
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Tom Gill, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Robert Wheeler, original editor [as Robert D. Wheeler] (editor and General Manager)
- Jane Spaulding Nye, original Managing Editor
- Mel Cummin, original Art Director
- Peggy Crowley, original Associate Editor [as Peggy Ann Crowley]
- Helen Schmid, original Editoral Assistant [as Helen Doig Schmid]
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5Credits
- Writing
- Bob Powell, scripter
- Art
- Bob Powell, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Leon Harvey, original Editor
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6Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- 8210
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Mike Sekowsky, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
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- First print
-
Journey into Unknown Worlds (Western [Atlas/Marvel], 1951 series) #5 (June 1951) — Trapped in Space
- Also printed
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Journey into Unknown Worlds (Bell, 1951? series) #40 (1951) — Trapped in Space
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Journey into Unknown Worlds (Jubilee, 1953? series) #3 ([1953?]) — Trapped in Space
Synopsis
The Master of Zodus captures Earth people for slaves by setting up The Room of No Return in carnival attractions. The Master of Zodus captures Earth people for slaves by setting up The Room of No Return in carnival attractions.
Notes
The original story has speech on the last page that reads, "I'm going to show it to the editor of 'Unknown Worlds'! I bet he can use it!" This reprint changes the text to "I'm going to show it to an author that I know! I bet he can use it!"
7Featuring
- Feature
- Staight Arrow
- Genre
- Western
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Fred Meagher, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- , original Editor
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- First print
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Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #6 (October 1950) — The Boy From Back East
- Also printed
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Heroes of the West Giant Edition (Jubilee, 1971) #41018 (May 1971) — The Boy From Back East
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The Sundance Kid (Skywald, 1971 series) #2 (July 1971) — The Boy From Back East (Swift Arrow)
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Histórias do Faroeste (Vecchi, 1979 series) #3 (February 1980) — O menino do leste
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Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #31 ([October] 2002) — The Boy From Back East (As White Indian)
8Featuring
- Feature
- Bob Allen Frontier Marshal
- Genre
- Western
- Characters
- Bob Allen; Lucius P. Potts (deputy, schoolmaster)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Harry Anderson, line art
- , inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Al Grenet, original Editor [as Alfred Grenet]
- Richard Arnold, original Associate Editor
- Management
- Busy Arnold, original General Manager [as Everett M. Arnold]
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- First print
-
Crack Western (Quality, 1949 series) #77 (March 1952) — The Black Gun Gang
- Also printed
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Heroes of the West Giant Edition (Jubilee, 1971) #41018 (May 1971) — The Black Gun Gang
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Heroes of the West Jumbo Edition (Jubilee, 1974) #44151 (1974) — The Black Gun Gang!
Synopsis
Lucius P. Potts played a game of blind bluff with the west's most venomous gang of desperados, to Bob's amazement. Lucius P. Potts played a game of blind bluff with the west's most venomous gang of desperados, to Bob's amazement.
9Credits
- Writing
- Howard Nostrand, scripter
- Art
- Howard Nostrand, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Leon Harvey, original Editor
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10Featuring
- Feature
- Red Hawk
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bob Powell, line art [signed as Powell]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Raymond C. Krank, original Editor
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- First print
-
Straight Arrow (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #12 (April 1951) — The Killers on the Cliffs!
- Also printed
-
Straight Arrow Comics (Red Circle, 1950 series) #15 (March 1952) — The Killers on the Cliffs!
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Red Hawk Giant Edition (Jubilee, 1962? series) #3 ([January 1964?]) — The Killers of the Cliffs
11Featuring
- Feature
- Robin Hood
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ogden Whitney, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- None, original Editor
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12Featuring
- Feature
- Straight Arrow
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Gardner Fox, scripter
- Art
- Fred Meagher, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Raymond C. Krank, original Editor
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Indicia
Published by Trans-Tasman Magazines Limited, New Zealand Insurance Building, Queen Street, Auckland, C.1. Printed by New Zealand Newspapers Limited, Shortland Street, auckland, New Zealand. Distributed by Gordon & Gotch (N.Z.) Limited, Waring Taylor Street, Wellington, New Zealand.