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Action Comics #136

DC · Series began 1938 · September 1949

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Dates

Cover date: September 1949
On sale: July 13, 1949
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, Ed Smalle, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Otto Feuer, Raymond Perry, Dan Barryinks: Al Plastino, Stan Kaye, John Fischetti, Ed Smalle, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Otto Feuer, Raymond Perry, Dan Barryscript: Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Samachson, Jack Schiffletters: Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp

Stories

Superman, Show-Off! · 12 pages
When Metropolis is threatened by a giant meteor, Superman must make preparations without inciting a panic. To do so, he disguises his actions as motivated by a desire for publicity.
The Seven Wonders of Space! · 8 pages
Tommy is dishonorably discharged from the Planeteers when he has no explanation why his ship was destroyed. In company with reporter Lon Brett he sets off to chronicle the seven wonders of space. The seventh is elusive until Brett says they should describe it as an invisible planet. This provides Tommy with the reason his ship was destroyed and he is reinstated.
The Highwayman's Castle! · 6 pages
Bill exposes a false haunting of a castle.
The Big-House Break! · 6 pages
Zatara is due to give a magic show in a prison, and foils a breakout by transforming some of the prisoners into animals.
Photographer of the West · 2 pages
The Spur, the Handcuffs and the Branding Iron! · 8 pages
The Vigilante and Snuff show three brothers the error of their greedy ways.

Reprinted in

The Adventures of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (1952), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)