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Action Comics #142

DC · Series began 1938 · March 1950

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Dates

Cover date: March 1950
On sale: January 9, 1950
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Phil Berube, Curt Swan, Stookie Allen, Ed Smalle, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry, Dan Barry, Irwin Haseninks: Stan Kaye, Phil Berube, John Fischetti, Stookie Allen, Ed Smalle, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry, Dan Barry, Irwin Hasenscript: Al Schwartz, Phil Berube, Edmond Hamilton, Stookie Allen, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Fox, Jack Schiffletters: Phil Berube, Stookie Allen, Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp

Stories

The Conquest of Superman! · 12 pages
Continued from last issue, Luthor's piece of synthetic kryptonite is still missing, snatched up by a pickpocket at the scene of Luthor's capture.
Pretzels · 0.5 pages
Wishing World! · 8 pages
The criminal Red Sanders is being pursued by the Planeteers through uncharted space. He wishes there was a suitable planet for him to hide on, and, lo, one appears. Much to his surprise, when wishing for a town that appears also. When Tommy and Brent land on that same planet, they too discover the power of mind over matter. Following a thrust and parry game of mental dangers, Tommy finally wishes that the world would disappear. With no air or spacesuit, Sanders is easily captured.
Teen Adventurers · 1 pages
Big Game in Andorra! · 6 pages
Bill identifies a man attempting to defraud World Wide Insurance by comparing the man's bare feet to those of Andorran shepherds whom the man was attempting to impersonate.
Winner Take All · 2 pages
The Making of a Man! · 10 pages
Millionaire Jethro Anderson asks Vigilante to make a man out of his spoilt and idle playboy of a son. He is sent to his father's ranch in the West, where Frank slowly comes to appreciate life anew.

Reprinted in

Buzzy (1944), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)