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Action Comics#159
Cover: Win Mortimer & Win Mortimer

Action Comics #159

Aug 1951 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Man Who Owned Superman”

At age seventeen Eddie Meeks is a sharpshooter with a pistol, but is reckless with a mean streak. His stint as a deputy results in the sheriff letting him go, so he embarks on a career as a bounty hunter. He has no compunctions about bring them back dead, providing there is a reward in it, even to shooting a crook in the back.

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Cast · 2 characters

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artist Bob Brown
inker Bob Brown
cover pencils Win Mortimer
cover inks Win Mortimer

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At age seventeen Eddie Meeks is a sharpshooter with a pistol, but is reckless with a mean streak. His stint as a deputy results in the sheriff letting him go, so he embarks on a career as a bounty hunter. He has no compunctions about bring them back dead, providing there is a reward in it, even to shooting a crook in the back.

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