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"Superman: "The Kid from Krypton"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

Action Comics #158 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1951.

Synopsis for Superman: "The Kid from Krypton"


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  • Kryptonite Syndicate
  • Robots
  • Kane Korrel

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Synopsis for Congo Bill: "The Vanishing Convoy!"


Appearing in Congo Bill: "The Vanishing Convoy!"

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  • Ali Sau

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  • American workers

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Synopsis for Tommy Tomorrow: "The Secret of Planetoid X!"

Dr. John Rann develops the D-Ray - able to destroy planets with an only shot - and Tommy takes the weapon to the Planetoid X... Just what Rann wanted.

Appearing in Tommy Tomorrow: "The Secret of Planetoid X!"

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  • Dr. John Rann, physicist
    • Rann's accomplices
  • Martian Silicosaur

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  • Commander of the Planeteers

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  • D-Ray
  • Sound-Wave Weapon
  • Space Helmet
  • Lightning Gun
  • Invisibility Vibration
  • Knockout Gas

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  • Space Ace

Synopsis for Vigilante: "The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over"


Appearing in Vigilante: "The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over"

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  • Art Gravin and his gang
    • Lefty Liggett
    • Arkansas
    • Snooker
    • Pinto

Notes

  • Also appearing in Action Comics #158 was an untitled feature by Henry Boltinoff.

Trivia

  • In the Superman story, Clark Kent works for the Daily Planet instead of the Daily Star, it is mentioned that he had a career as Superboy, his biological father is named Jor-El rather than Jor-L, and his adoptive parents are Jonathan and Martha Kent instead of John and Mary. It can be assumed that this story takes place on Earth-Two-A, but that similar events also took place on Earth-Two.
    • The kryptonite in the story is colored yellow-brown rather than the familiar green.
    • Superboy #8, published the previous year, shows a slightly different version of Kal-El's arrival on Earth and how he became Superbaby. That story takes place on Earth-One.
  • In the Tommy Tomorrow story , it is the first time that Tommy shows the ability to imitate the voices of other people.


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