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Action Comics #158

DC · Series began 1938 · July 1951

Dates

Cover date
July 1951
On sale
May 16, 1951
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Ray Thompson, Ed Smalle, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Bob Brown, Bob Oksnerinks: Stan Kaye, Ray Thompson, Ed Smalle, John Fischetti, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, George Roussos, Bob Oksnercolors: Jack Adlerscript: Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Jack Schiffletters: Henry Boltinoff, Ira Schnapp

Stories

  • The Kid from Krypton! · 12 pages

    When a meteor composed of kryptonite is poised to strike the town of Smithville Superman is stymied as to what to do. He knocks it away with a huge bolder but criminals track down the fallen object to use against him. Superman builds giant robots to help him get rid of the kryptonite.

  • Buffalo Hunting! · 0.5 pages
  • The Vanishing Convoy! · 6 pages

    Bill investigates the disappearance of oil truck convoys. He discovers a recalcitrant emir, determined to prevent modernization of the Middle East.

  • The Secret of Planetoid X! · 8 pages

    John Rann claims to have built a dangerous weapon so that the Planteers will take him to Planetoid X where they store all the outlawed weapons.

  • Nero's Greatest Invention · 2 pages
  • The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over! · 10 pages

Reprinted in

Superboy (1949), Girls' Romances (1950), All Star Western (1951), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Frontier Fighters (1955)

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