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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #135

DC · Series began 1938 · August 1949

Dates

Cover date
August 1949
On sale
June 13, 1949
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, Curt Swan, Phil Berube, Win Mortimer, Ed Smalle, Stookie Allen, Dan Barry, Lit-Wininks: Al Plastino, Henry Boltinoff, John Fischetti, Phil Berube, Stan Kaye, Ed Smalle, Stookie Allen, Dan Barry, Lit-Winscript: Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Otto Binder, Phil Berube, Jack Schiff, R. H. Joseph, Stookie Allen, George Kashdan, Lit-Winletters: Henry Boltinoff, Phil Berube, Ira Schnapp, Stookie Allen, Lit-Win

Stories

  • The Case of the Human Statues! · 12 pages
  • The Largest Man in the World! · 8 pages

    Tommy is ordered to stop the rampage of Professor Bleeck's one mile tall son. Eventually he is subdued, like Gulliver, and taken to the Saturn moon Titan, where all the inhabitants are that size, and adopted by a kindly family.

  • World-Wide's Best Bet! · 6 pages

    When World Wide insures Bill's life, Bad News accompanies him in his pursuit of diamond thieves in order to keep him safe.

  • King of the Boatmen · 1.5 pages

    A short article about the exploits of river man Mike Fink.

  • Ace Aeronaut - Major Albert W. Stevens · 2 pages

    The story of air ace Major Albert W. Stevens.

  • The Rainbow Man Goes West! · 8 pages

    The Vigilante and Stuff pursue the villainous Rainbow Man to the blue grass country of Kentucky, where he expects to find stolen jewels hidden by an old crony.

Reprinted in

Superboy (1949), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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