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161October 1951
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Action Comics #161

DC · October 1951 · on sale 1951-08-15

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#161
Publication date
October 1951
Key date
1951-10-00
On-sale date
1951-08-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Exit -- Supermancover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman []Clark Kent; Lois Lane
1Lost -- A Free Education!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Exit -- Superman!comic story12script: William Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan KayeSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Antara; Perry White; Jor-el; Lara
3-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6The Pirate Planeteer!comic story8script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiMart Black; Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10Sabotage in Sarawak!comic story6Congo Bill; Colonel Bergesson; Bernard Kroger [Kusai]; John Harrison; Ariba; Morgan
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13From Horses to Horsepowertext article2script: Ben Galloway; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14-comic story0.67
15Superman's Secret Messagein-house column0.33letters: typeset
16One of the World's Greatest Composers of Musicactivity0.75script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
18The Duplicate Crimes!comic story10script: Dick Wood; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Albert Keever; Willie Williams; Yates
19-cartoon0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo

Plus 7.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
World's Finest Comics #2251974On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›

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Series context

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