Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #111

Price: 0.10 USD

Pages: 52

On-sale Date: 1947-06-12

Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

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Cameras in the Clouds

(Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	John Sikela
Inks:	John Sikela
Colors:	Jack Adler
Letters:	?

Genre:

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]

Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Used as the splash panel for the Superman story, but with the image reversed and recolored.

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: A Superman DC Publication
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

Cameras in the Clouds!

(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages

Script:	Al Schwartz (signed as Jerry Siegel)
Pencils:	John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks:	John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Have you ever wondered who films the exciting events you see in the newsreels?
Keywords:V-J Day

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Binns; Duff; Dan Flood

Synopsis:: Clark and Lois investigate how two cameramen keep getting video of breaking news events. Superman intervenes when a competitor tries to sabotage their efforts.; in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #10 ([Circa 1957-1958])
in Superman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1951 series) #1958 (1958-9)
in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Alvin Schwartz used the name Vernon Woodrum for his comics work.

The splash panel is identical to the cover, but with the image reversed and recolored.

Pete Reiser

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Quest for Life!

(Table of Contents: 4)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Ed Smalle
Inks:	Ed Smalle
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Life and death walk hand in hand in a tropical jungle...
Keywords:Amazon River; carnivorous plants; crocodiles; motion picture cameras; rope bridges; South America; the wasting sleep; tropical diseases

Characters:

Congo Bill; Marbichi (villain); Curly Semple; Napomayas (South American tribe); Ucarus (South American tribe)

Synopsis:: Bill travels to South America to secure a cure for a sick child actress.

Superman's Secret Message

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Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]

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Kellogg's Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

Twin Magic!

(Table of Contents: 7)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages

Script:	Joe Samachson
Pencils:	William White
Inks:	William White
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Never did a pair of twins have such ups and downs...

Characters:

Zatara [Giovanni "Jack" Zatara]; Ned Payne; Ted Payne (twins); their mother

Synopsis:: Zatara magically helps a pair of twins who work dangerous jobs in overcoming disaster.; in Climax Color Comic (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #8 ([1948])

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Spalding Sports Equipment / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 9)

Tiny / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils:	Phil Berube (signed)
Inks:	Phil Berube (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sam's Shoe Store

Trapping the Bank Robber

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Bright Star Flashlight Batteries / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Observation Post

(Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Script:	Stan Carter
Letters:	typeset

Who's Zoo?

(Table of Contents: 12)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 4 pages

Script:	Al Schwartz
Pencils:	Stan Kaye
Inks:	Stan Kaye
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

First Line of Dialogue or Text:What full-fashioned form is this...

Characters:

Hayfoot Henry

Synopsis:: As usual, Henry is stuck for an word ending for one of his rhymes. He communes with nature for inspiration, and encounters a bunch of freed wild animals.

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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Post Grape-Nuts / advertisement / 1 page

Pop Gunn Shoots the Works!

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Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	George Roussos (signed as Roussos)
Inks:	George Roussos (signed as Roussos)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Maybe you think shooting at bull's-eyes is a tame sport

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Pop Gunn; "Five-Chins" Chuck (villain)

Synopsis:: Greg's friend Pop Gunn owns a small shooting gallery. A huge shooting arcade has opened in a building opposite, offering seriously valuable prizes. Greg wonders how this is possible and, as The Vigilante, pays to shoot at all the arcade targets, winning all the prizes. These he gives to Pop Gunn to use as customer attractions. He then uncovers their night time hold-up activities and brings them to justice.

The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb

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The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents

Cameras in the Clouds (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

Cameras in the Clouds! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages

Indexer Notes

Pete Reiser (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Quest for Life! (Table of Contents: 4)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages

Superman's Secret Message (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Kellogg's Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

Twin Magic! (Table of Contents: 7)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Spalding Sports Equipment / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Tiny / comic story / 0.5 page

Trapping the Bank Robber (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Bright Star Flashlight Batteries / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Observation Post (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages

Who's Zoo? (Table of Contents: 12)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 4 pages

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Post Grape-Nuts / advertisement / 1 page

Pop Gunn Shoots the Works! (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages

The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

The Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

AMF Roadmaster Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page

Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page

Cameras in the Clouds

(Table of Contents)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Cameras in the Clouds!

(Table of Contents: 2)

Pete Reiser

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

The Quest for Life!

(Table of Contents: 4)

Superman's Secret Message

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Twin Magic!

(Table of Contents: 7)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 9)

Trapping the Bank Robber

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Observation Post

(Table of Contents: 11)

Who's Zoo?

(Table of Contents: 12)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Pop Gunn Shoots the Works!

(Table of Contents: 14)

The Case of the Tell-Tale Comb

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)