Action Comics #159
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August 1951
- Page count
- 52
- 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
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/9043
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
The Man Who Owned Superman!
(Superman)
Cover,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
1.
Tops in Westerns!
Promo (ad from the publisher),
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
2.
The Man Who Owned Superman
(Superman)
Comic story,
12 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
3.
The "Popsicle" Kids in Nevada Bad Lands
(Popsicle)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
4.
Untitled
(Varsity Vic)
Comic story,
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
5.
Untitled
(Vitalis Hair Cream)
Advertisement,
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
6.
Showdown in Suez!
(Congo Bill)
Comic story,
6 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
7.
Captain Tootsie Silences Rattler
(Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll)
Comics-form advertising,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
8.
Untitled
(Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum)
Advertisement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
9.
Untitled
(Peg)
Comic story,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
10.
The Planeteer from the Past!
(Tommy Tomorrow)
Comic story,
8 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
11.
Cornered in the Corral!
(Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
12.
Message to Parents
Public service announcement,
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
13.
Editorial Advisory Board
Promo (ad from the publisher),
0.5 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
14.
Monster of the Sea
Text article,
2 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
15.
Untitled
(Quick Quiz)
Activity,
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
16.
Neat Treat!
(Nestlé's Crunch)
Advertisement,
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
17.
Untitled
(Shorty)
Comic story,
0.67 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
18.
Superman's Secret Message
(Supermen of America)
Promo (ad from the publisher),
0.33 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
19.
The Trigger Trail of "Wild" Eddie Meeks!
(Vigilante [Western hero])
Comic story,
10 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
20.
Untitled
(Varsity Vic)
Comic story,
0.75 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
21.
Untitled
(Charlie Wild, Private Detective; Wildroot Cream-Oil)
Advertisement,
0.25 pages
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
22.
Tomahawk!
(Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics)
Promo (ad from the publisher),
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
23.
Sweet Land of Liberty!
(Peter Porkchops)
Public service announcement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
Notes
24.
Untitled
(Wheaties)
Advertisement,
1 page
Featuring
Credits
Synopsis
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.