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Action Comics #138

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1949

Dates

Cover date
November 1949
On sale
September 7, 1949
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, C. C. Beck, Curt Swan, Joe Kubert, Ed Smalle, Raymond Perry, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoffinks: Al Plastino, Stan Kaye, C. C. Beck, John Fischetti, Joe Kubert, Ed Smalle, Raymond Perry, Dan Barry, Henry Boltinoffscript: Edmond Hamilton, Joe Samachson, Gardner Fox, Henry Boltinoffletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • Superman Scoop-Parade · 10 pages

    Superman secretly helps newcomer Herbert Binkle get a reporting job on the Daily Planet

  • The Crystal Doom! · 8 pages
  • The Animal Actors! · 6 pages

    In Hollywood Zatara helps a maverick director by transforming animals into bipedal actors, thereby cutting an arrogant producer down to size.

  • Untitled · 5.67 pages

    Mrs. Marlowe accidentally purchases blank banknote sheets and is bedeviled by a counterfeiter attempting to secure the paper.

  • Introducing Jack Benny Violinist · 2 pages
  • The Man Who Loved Horses! · 8 pages
  • Untitled · 0.5 pages

    Shorty runs from the library in order to sneeze, and thus obey the 'Silence' notice.

Reprinted in

Superman (1939), Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)

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