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157June 1951
$0.10

Action Comics #157

DC · June 1951 · on sale 1951-04-18

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#157
Publication date
June 1951
Key date
1951-06-00
On-sale date
1951-04-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Superman Who Couldn't Fly!cover1pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
1Top Value in America's Top Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Superman Who Couldn't Fly!comic story12script: Bill Finger; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Vince Ellery; Joe (The Elephant) Striker (villain); Perry White
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6Bodyguard to a Billion!comic story6pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Zaboda; the Prince of Jhapa
9The Interplanetary Baby-Sitter!comic story8script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiColonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Butch
11-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
13Little Railroad Mentext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14Black Nellcomic story0.5script: Al McLean; pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean; letters: Al McLean
16-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
18The Impossible Escapes!comic story10script: Dick Wood; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Berry Travers; Sunburn Taylor (villain); Gat Barrows (villain)
19-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
21-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
23Superboy Says: "Know Your Country!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 7.08 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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Adventure Comics #2321957On eBay ›
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ISBN 1-55859-595-3
1993On eBay ›

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