Cover: Win Mortimer

Action Comics #153

Feb 1951 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The 100 Deaths of Clark Kent!”

In "The 100 Deaths of Clark Kent!", a 1951 classic from DC, Clark Kent faces a bizarre and deadly challenge when a new scientific weapon threatens to end his life—over and over again. Written by Edmond Hamilton and illustrated by Curt Swan with inks by John Fischetti, this issue sees Clark and Tommy caught in a desperate survival scenario after a failed mission leaves them stranded on a remote planetoid. The cover, by Win Mortimer, captures the tension of the moment with bold, dynamic artwork.

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writer Edmond Hamilton · artist Curt Swan · inker John Fischetti · cover Win Mortimer

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Cast · 1 character

Captain Tootsie

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writer Edmond Hamilton

artist Curt Swan

inker John Fischetti

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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Kylen discovers a new scientific weapon so the Planeteers assign Tommy to a plain clothes detail to protect him. When Ennis releases Kylen's discovery it destroys the space vessel they are travelling on, so they all end up trapped on a small planetoid. But Tommy creates a space beacon using stone tools.

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