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ACTION COMICS #158

Cover Date: July 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1951-05-16

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Kid from Krypton!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton (?)
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #52; next in Superman Vol. 1 #71; also in flashback to origin)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in issue #157; next in Superman Vol. 1 #71)

Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #52; next in Superman Vol. 1 #71)

Jor-El (in flashback)

Lara (in flashback)

Jonathan Kent (in flashback)

Martha Kent (in flashback)

Villain(s):

Kane Korrel (first appearance; a racketeer; starts the "Kryptonite Syndicate")

Walters (first appearance; finds a meteor of kryptonite)

various crooks around Metropolis

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smithville

Science Council of Krypton (in flashback)

Location(s):

Krypton (in flashback)

Earth

United States of America

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Smallville (in flashback)

Smithville (first appearance)

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Second Story: "The Vanishing Convoy!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #157/2 and #159/2)

Villain(s):

Prince Ali Sau (first appearance; opposes Americans on his lands)

Other Character(s):

King Ibn Lande (first appearance)

convoy driers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

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Third Story: "The Secret of Planetoid X!" (8 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton (?)
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #157/3 and #159/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Brent Wood (in between issues #157/3 and #159/3)

Villain(s):

Dr. John Rann (first appearance)

his unnamed accomplices (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Planeteers (including the Commander)

Location(s):

on board the Space Ace

asteroid field

Planetoid X (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 2051.

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Fourth Story: "The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over!" (10 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	George Roussos
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #160/4 and #162/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Art Gravin (first appearance; a land agent and gang leader)

Snooker (first appearance; a bank robber)

Lefty Liggett (first appearance; a bank robber)

Arkansas (first appearance; a bank robber)

Pinto (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

a sheriff (first appearance)

Location(s):

an unnamed town in the American southwest

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