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Action Comics 128

ACTION COMICS #128

Cover Date: January 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1948-11-15

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Adventure of Little Red!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWhitney Ellsworth
ArtAl Plastino
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Aces Ducey (first appearance; gambling czar; tries to fix a kid's charity football game)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the fall or winter.


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Second Story: "When Congo Bill Fails!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congorilla

Supporting Character(s):

Cathy Hall

Villain(s):

Kurt Mallin (first appearance; a head of a diamond mine; tries to steal a large diamond)

Location(s):

Capetown, South Africa


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Third Story: "The Chase Through Space!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow

Villain(s):

Uranium thieves (first appearance; frame Eagle Jack, a rocket racer, for a crime)

Location(s):

Earth
Asteroid Prison (first appearance; built inside a planetoid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter)
Moon
Jupiter
Saturn

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 1988 (in an alternate universe).


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Fourth Story: "Horse for a Day!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtWilliam White
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara

Villain(s):

Ox Olsen, Ape Anderson and Harry the Horse (first appearance; three convicts told the story of how Zatara turned Harry into a real horse for a day)


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Fifth Story: "The Cowboy from Broadway" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtBob Lubbers
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Jeb Sande Gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

American West
New York City, NY


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