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ACTION COMICS #159

Cover Date: August 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1951-06-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "The Man Who Owned Superman" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome (?)
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #71/3; next in World's Finest Comics #53)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #71/3; next in World's Finest Comics #53
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #71; next in World's Finest Comics #53


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Second Story: "Showdown in Suez!" (6 Pages)
Congo Bill

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #158/2 and #160/3)

Villain(s):

Legroot (first appearance)


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Third Story: "The Planeteer from the Past!" (8 Pages)
Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #158/3 and #160/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #158/3 and #160/2)

Villain(s):

The Five-Planet Bandits (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Joe Smith (first appearance; also in flashbacks; an astronaut from 1952; becomes a Planeteer)
Planeteer commander
Planeteers

Location(s):

Earth (also in flashbacks to 1952)
Planeteer Headquarters
Mars
Jupiter
Callisto

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 2051.


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Fourth Story: "The Trigger Trail of "Wild" Eddie Meeks!" (10 Pages)
Vigilante

Credits:

PencilsBob Brown
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #158/4 and #160/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (in between issues #158/4 and #160/4)

Villain(s):

"Wild" Eddie Meeks (first appearance)

Location(s):

Bonanza City (first appearance)


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