Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1945-05-14
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #86 Edit Cover
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7th War Loan
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Superman / cover / 1 page

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

People Like to Laugh!
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Buzzy; All Funny Comics; Real Screen Funnies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Enchanted Mountain!
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Superman / comic story / 11 pages

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    Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There was an age of ignorance...
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; the Wizard of Wokit; Lois Lane
Synopsis:
In the distant past, the small town of Morabia stands in the shadow of the Shaggy Mountains of south-eastern Europe. Miraculously, a castle appears atop a nearby mountain - that of the long-absent Wizard of Wokit. The terrified villagers cry out for a savior. Superman himself flies to their aid. On flying towards the castle, the wizard transforms into a giant falcon and they fight. After many tussles Superman destroys the mountain and the castle. In the present, Lois reads the story from a secondhand book she has bought. It is she who has transposed Superman for the champion of the village.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

The splash page suggests that that the story may have happened or it may not. In fact, an early "imaginary story" which later became a staple of the feature.

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page

Mysterious Marauder!
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Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages

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    Genre:adventure; jungle
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Congo Bill; Gul Khan; Blake; Randall
Synopsis:
While in India visiting a friend, Bill discovers a gang that's throwing travelers into a tiger pit with a hungry tiger.

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public service announcement / 0.33 page

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    Genre:advocacy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Do y'want me to get really mad?!?

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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

Orient of the Occident!
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Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages

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    Genre:adventure; superhero; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let a man's skin have a slightly different tint...
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Wang Shi
Synopsis:
In Chinatown Greg and Stuff spot a tour bus and hear the guide spouting racist comments about the inhabitants. Unscrupulous occidental crooks prey on people by claiming to be part of the Tien Pu Tong, and demanding payment for perceived insults under penalty of death. The Vigilante and Stuff put paid to their scheme, but not before Stuff plays a bluff and threatens the lives of the crooks with Tong vengeance.

Indexer Notes

Published some months prior to the dropping of atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, this is a rare comic story which condemns racial bigotry in all forms and makes a plea for tolerance.

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

In the Cards
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset
    Genre:adventure

The Pyrotechnician!
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Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages

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    Genre:humor; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In this Sleepyside tale a burning jail...
Characters:
Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

Schwartz script credit removed by Craig Delich. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

Crime -- Off the Record!
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Zatara / comic story / 8 pages

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    Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When a crook says he's through with crime...
Characters:
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Butch Baker
Synopsis:
Zatara makes an appearance at the parole hearing of Butch Baker. Taking the convict aside he tells Butch that he will have a hard time committing crimes on the outside. When Butch reverts to his old larcenous ways, he feels the presence of Zatara nearby and succumbs to his magical manifestations.

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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page

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Lit-Win (signed)
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    Genre:humor; domestic
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Working on a big case, no doubt!

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

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Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.5 page

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Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. 7th War Loan
    Superman
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. People Like to Laugh!
    Buzzy; All Funny Comics; Real Screen Funnies
  4. The Enchanted Mountain!
    Superman
  5. ["Wish the boss would shift me to left field..."]
    Wheaties
  6. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle Products
  7. Mysterious Marauder!
    Congo Bill
  8. ["Do y'want me to get really mad?!?"]
  9. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Pep
  10. Orient of the Occident!
    Vigilante
  11. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  12. In the Cards
  13. The Pyrotechnician!
    Hayfoot Henry
  14. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Pep
  15. Crime -- Off the Record!
    Zatara
  16. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn Shoes
  17. ["Working on a big case, no doubt!"]
    Jasper
  18. ["Are you a good American?"]
    Supermen of America
  19. ["Oops, pardon us, ladies!"]
    Eveready Batteries; Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
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Issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • mcomics
  • Michael Bradley
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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