Action Comics #171 (of 1000000)
The Secrets of Superman!
August 31st, 1952
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171
(of 904)
Name:
The Secrets of Superman!
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Cover date:
August 31st, 1952
Store date:
June 20th, 1952
- It's Smart to Check - And Double Check!: (public service message from Superman)
- The Secrets of Superman! (Superman) Superman is making a time capsule that includes footage of the army hitting him with every weapon they have so future generations will know about him. He records his voice revealing his secret identity to include in the time capsule, but a shock causes him to lose his memory of what he did with it. he must retrace his steps, including having another atom bomb dropped on him, trying to find the tape and protect his secret.
- The Invaders of Indigo Island! (Congo Bill) Bill is transporting 3 crooks on a boat with some horses when it hits a reef. the crooks escape to a nearby island that turns out to be the home of a retired silent movie star named Barry Mason, who the natives see as a hero. the crooks challenge him to demonstrate the moves from his movies (which the natives don't know were done by a stuntman), and Bill secretly stands in as his stuntman. the crooks decide they don't want to tangle with Barry and swim back to the boat.
- Shorty: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
- Hard-Luck Lou: (gag strip)
- The Phantom Space Ship: (Tommy Tomorrow) When a spaceliner that flew too close to the sun is destroyed, the captain who was thought to have gone down with it is blamed but soon a ghostly version of the ship starts hunting the other ships owned by the same company.
- Chief Hot Foot: (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)
- Rover Never Had It So Good!: (text article)
- A Cell for Vigilante: (Vigilante) Vig chases an outlaw over the Mexican border and into a town where it is illegal to carry guns, let alone fire them. when he tries to apprehend the outlaw, the town sheriff arrests him and sentences him to work off a fine that will take months on a farm.
