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ACTION COMICS #152

Cover Date: January 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1950-11-13

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Sleep That Lasted 1000 Years" (12 Pages)
Superman

Credits:

StoryDorothy Woolfolk (?)
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #49; next in Superman Vol. 1 #68)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in issue #151; next in Superman Vol. 1 #71)
Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #52; next in Superman Vol. 1 #71)

Villain(s):

Dr. Dorrow (first appearance; manages to put Superman and Lois Lane under suspended animation and sends them off into space)
Leaders of Metropolis' Underworld

Other Character(s):

Venusians (Ortho named; blond humans with advanced technology)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Venus

Comment(s):

Superman and Lois first believe they are 1000 years in the future, but they discover they work on Venus.


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Second Story: "The Ark of Space!" (8 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #151/2 and #153/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #151/2 and #154/2)

Villain(s):

Kalhoon (first appearance)
space pirates (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Planeteers (an unidentified crew member onboard the Space Ace)
Mlannites (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth
Venus
Mlann (first appearance; in flashback; destroyed)
the Ark of Space (first appearance)


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Third Story: "The Secret of the Invisible Map!" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #157/2 and #159/2)

Villain(s):

Hatalupo (first appearance; an Incan tribesman, plots the death of Helen Morris)

Other Character(s):

Helen Morris (first appearance; daughter of the late John Morris who found a map to Incan treasure; a friend of Congo Bill's)
Baron von Derr (first appearance; Guardian of Helen Morris)
Para Lama (first appearance; an Incan tribal chief)

Location(s):

Ecuador
Macaidbo


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Fourth Story: "City of the Chiefs!" (10 Pages)
Vigilante

Credits:

PencilsBob Brown
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #151/4 and #153/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #151/4 and #153/4)

Villain(s):

a gang of outlaws (first appearance for all; Bull and Snake named)

Other Character(s):

Chief Three Bears (first appearance)
Gray Owl (first appearance)
Laughing Gopher (first appearance; a teenage boy)
Cunning Turtle (first appearance; a teenage boy)

Location(s):

United States of America
Western Mesa ;ands
City of the Chiefs


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