Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #140

Cover Date: January 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1949-11-07

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Cover Credits:
Art: Al Plastino
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "Superman Becomes a Hermit!" (12 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	Dorothy Woolfolk
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in World's Finest Comics #43; next in Superman Vol. 1 #62)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in World's Finest Comics #43; next in Superman Vol. 1 #62)

Perry White (last in World's Finest Comics #43; next in Superman Vol. 1 #62)

Villain(s):

the Creeping Death' (first appearance; an alien plant; destroyed)

Location(s):

United States of America

an unidentified location

Metropolis

Daily Planet

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Second Story: "The Space Clown!" (8 Pages) Tommy Tomorrow

Credits:

Story	Edmond Hamilton (?)
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Tommy Tomorrow (in between issues #139/2 and #141/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Tim Tomorrow (first appearance? Tommy's younger brother)

Villain(s):

The Space Smuggler and his Gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Earth

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Third Story: "The Man Who Played Dead!" (6 Pages) Congo Bill

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (in between issues #139/3 and #141/3)

Supporting Character(s):

"Bad News" Haley

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Fourth Story: "The Seven Wonders of the West!" (10 Pages) Vigilante

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Dan Barry
Inks	Sy Barry
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (in between issues #139/4 and #141/5)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

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