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Action Comics 145

ACTION COMICS #145

Cover Date: June 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1950-04-12

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
Colors: Jack Adler


Story: "Merton Gloop's Magic Horseshoe!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDorothy Woolfolk
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Crooked Fixer (first appearance for all; in flashback only)

Other Character(s):

Professor Carter (first appearance; creates a force-repellant metal in the shape of a small horseshoe; deactivates after 24 hours)
Merton Gloop (first appearance; a milquetoast waiter with a crush on Lois Lane; finds the horseshoe)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
The Scoop (first appearance; a restaurant frequented by newspaper reporters)

Comment(s):

These are Earth-Two characters.


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Second Story: "Outlaw World!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow

Villain(s):

Jim Crewe (first appearance; builds a haven for criminals and gambling on a man-made asteroid outside of the jurisdiction of the Space Police)

Location(s):

Earth in an alternate future


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Third Story: "Mystery of the Stolen Bell!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGeorge Kashdan
ArtEd Smalle
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Burt Trent (first appearance; steals a bell and places the blame on the natives)

Location(s):

New Guinea
Papaua


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Fourth Story: "The Cowboy Magician!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
PencilsDan Barry
InksBob Fujitani
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Tim Bowers and his partner (first appearance for both; rob wealthy people he interviews on his television show)

Location(s):

American Southwest


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