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ACTION COMICS #147

Cover Date: August 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1950-06-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Superman Becomes Miss Lovelorn!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsWayne Boring
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (temporaliy assigned the "Miss Lovelorn" column)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Blackout Bandits ( Checks Ross and his gang; first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: "Heroes Out of the Past!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Colonel Tommy Tomorrow (pulled into an alternate future of 5990 AD)

Villain(s):

Thord (first appearance; a criminal in 5990 trying to steal Jirim's time ray)

Other Character(s):

Jirim (first appearance; a scientist of 5990relocate to other worlds)
Daniel Boone (pulled into the future from 1780)
King Richard the Lion-Hearted (pulled into the future)
Eric the Red (pulled into the future)
Horatius (pulled into the future)

Location(s):

Earth in an alternate future of 1990 and 5990)
Planeteer Headquarters
Jupiter in an alternate future of 5990)


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Third Story: "Doorway to Danger!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Abar Singh (first appearance; an importer)

Location(s):

Arabia


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Fourth Story: "The Horse That Could Talk!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Herron
ArtDan Barry
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Pete Randall (first appearance; a former rodeo rider who kills a horse trainer and commits robberies as the Masked Raider)

Other Character(s):

Sage the Wonder Horse (first appearance)

Location(s):

Grand City


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