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ACTION COMICS #149

Cover Date: October 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1950-08-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Courtship on Krypton!" (12 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #66/3; next in World's Finest Comics #48)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #66/3; next in World's Finest Comics #48)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #66/3; next in World's Finest Comics #48)
Jor-L (in flashbacks; last/next in ???)
Lara (in flashbacks; last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

The Hujaks (first appearance; a Himalayan tribe)

Location(s):

Krypton (in flashbacks)
Earth
an unidentified region in the Himalayas
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Superman;s Hideaway


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Second Story: "Tommy Tomorrow, Movie Hero!" (8 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #148/2 and #150/2)

Villain(s):

Millings (first appearance; seeks to buy John Graham's studio)
two hired goons (first appearance of both)

Other Character(s):

Planeteer Commander
John Graham (first appearance; a near-bankrupt movie producer)
film crew (first appearance for all; Boone named)

Location(s):

Earth
Planeteer Headquarters
Venus
Phobos
Saturn
Pluto


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Third Story: "Play Ball!" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #148/3 and #150/3)

Villain(s):

Sabok (first appearance; advisor to the Gaekwat; attempting a coup)

Other Character(s):

The Gaekwar of Golistan (first appearance)
Prince Taru (first appearance; his nephew and an aid baseball fan)
The U.S. Consul
citizens of Golistan (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Golistan (first appearance)


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Fourth Story: "Wheels for a Hero!" (10 Pages)
Vigilante

Credits:

ArtDan Barry
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Lyle Jordan (first appearance; owner of the Jordan Motorbike Company)
hired goons (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Jack Ames, Sr. (first appearance; inventor of the Vigilante-Cycle)
Jack Ames, Jr. (first appearance; his son)
Junior Vigilante fans (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

unidentified area in the American southwest

Comment(s):

Introduction of the Vigilante-Cycle.


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