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Action Comics #159
DC Comics
United States
Published
August 1951
Page count
52 pages
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
DC: Superman National Comics
Credits
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth
, Editor [credited]
Mort Weisinger
, editor [attributed] (actual)
Action Comics
Cover
The Man Who Owned Superman!
(Superman)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
1.
Tops in Westerns!
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
2.
The Man Who Owned Superman
(Superman)
12 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
3.
The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands
(Popsicle)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
4.
Untitled
(Varsity Vic)
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
5.
Untitled
(Vitalis Hair Cream)
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
6.
Showdown in Suez!
(Congo Bill)
6 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
7.
Captain Tootsie Silences Rattler
(Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
8.
Untitled
(Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum)
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
9.
Untitled
(Peg)
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
10.
The Planeteer from the Past!
(Tommy Tomorrow)
8 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
11.
Cornered in the Corral!
(Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
12.
Message to Parents
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
13.
Editorial Advisory Board
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
14.
Monster of the Sea
2 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
15.
Untitled
(Quick Quiz)
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
16.
Neat Treat!
(Nestlé's Crunch)
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
17.
Untitled
(Shorty)
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
18.
Superman's Secret Message
(Supermen of America)
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
19.
The Trigger Trail of "Wild" Eddie Meeks!
(Vigilante [Western hero])
10 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
20.
Untitled
(Varsity Vic)
0.75 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
21.
Untitled
(Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil)
0.25 pages
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
22.
Tomahawk!
(Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
23.
Sweet Land of Liberty!
(Peter Porkchops)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
24.
Untitled
(Wheaties)
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Details
Notes
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.
Issue status
Ausreprints ID
33064
Entry created
7 August 2007
Listing completed
7 July 2022
Last updated
7 July 2022
Action Comics
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#161
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