Action Comics Vol 1 158

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Superman: "The Kid from Krypton"
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Action Comics Vol 1 #158
July, 1951
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Wayne Boring Stan Kaye
Superman: "The Kid from Krypton"
Pencilers	Wayne Boring
Inkers	Stan Kaye
Editors	Mort Weisinger
Congo Bill: "The Vanishing Convoy!"
Pencilers	Edwin J. Smalle, Jr.
Inkers	Edwin J. Smalle, Jr.
Tommy Tomorrow: "The Secret of Planetoid X!"
Pencilers	Curt Swan
Inkers	John Fischetti
Vigilante: "The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over"
Pencilers	George Roussos
Inkers	George Roussos
Previous Issue	Action Comics # 157
Next Issue	Action Comics # 159

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

Appearing in Superman: "The Kid from Krypton"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Lois Lane

Antagonists:

• Kryptonite Syndicate
• Robots
• Kane Korrel

Other Characters:

• Jor-L (Flashback only)
• Lara-L (Flashback only)
• John Kent (Flashback only)
• Mary Kent (Flashback only)
• Kryptonians
  • Council of Science

Locations:

• Smallville
• Metropolis
• Krypton (Flashback only)
  • Kryptonopolis
• Smithville

Items:

• Green Kryptonite
• Supermanium (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

• Kryptonian Rocket (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in Congo Bill: "The Vanishing Convoy!"

Featured Characters:

• Congo Bill

Antagonists:

• Ali Sau

Other Characters:

• American workers

Locations:

• Equatorial Africa
• Saudi Arabia
  • Riyadh
    

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!"

Featured Characters:

• Tommy Tomorrow

Supporting Characters:

• Brent Wood
• Planeteers

Antagonists:

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

Other Characters:

• Commander of the Planeteers

Locations:

• Earth-One
  • 2051
    • Space Laboratory
    • Planetoid X

Items:

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

Vehicles:

• Space Ace
  

Appearing in Vigilante: "The Prairie Troubadour Takes Over"

Featured Characters:

• Vigilante

Supporting Characters:

• Stuff, the Chinatown Kid

Antagonists:

• 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.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series

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