Cover: Al Plastino

Action Comics #134

Jul 1949 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Super-Cowboy!”

In "Super-Cowboy!", Superman takes on a galactic oddity when a flying suit scam leaves would-be colonists stranded in space. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Curt Swan with inks by John Fischetti, this 1949 adventure sees Tommy dispatched to rescue the stranded, only to make a bold choice that defies orders. The cover by Al Plastino captures the wild, frontier spirit of a story where space travel meets frontier justice.

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writer Otto Binder · artist Curt Swan · inker John Fischetti · cover Al Plastino

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Cast · 3 characters

Captain Tootsie Marybelle Rollo

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writer Otto Binder

artist Curt Swan

inker John Fischetti

cover pencils, inks Al Plastino

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Mars is touted as a new frontier, but is expensive to reach. A swindler comes up with a flying suit which supposedly contains all that is needed to travel the 48 million miles. Many fall for the scam and are stranded between planets. Tommy is ordered to retrieve them and bring them home. Following a series of adventures with would-be alien conquerors and flying space dragons, he disobeys orders and compassionately deposits the emigrants on Mars, where they find jobs and a new life.

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