Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-01-14
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #118 Edit Cover
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Superman / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; two young boys
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

The Execution of Clark Kent!
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Superman / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
? [as Jerry Siegel]
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's unthinkable, it's incredible - but it's true"
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Elmo Botts; Slugger Maull (death); Big Al Strumm; Casey (police officer); Dr. Lagg
Synopsis:
Clark Kent is arrested for murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. But Clark's death is part of an elaborate ruse for Superman to help Lois get evidence against mobster Big Al Strumm.
Reprints (1)

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:...These new shoes look swell!
Characters:
Daffy; Doodle

Danny's Dream
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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

A Modern Noah's Ark!
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Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Janette Waleman; Noah Waleman; Allen Frisk
Synopsis:
Bill exposes a real estate speculator's efforts to get control of zoo property.

Superman's Secret Message
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Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Light That Did Not Fail
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Bright Star Flashlight Battery / advertisement / 0.5 page

Hermit for a Day!
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Zatara / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Do you ever get tired of your daily routine...
Characters:
Zatara [Giovanno "John" Zatara]; Bill Towers
Synopsis:
Zatara gives Bill Towers a taste of life without other people, when he deposits him on a remote tiny island.
Reprints (1)

Double Exposure
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

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Mr. District Attorney / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

An Oscar for Henry
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Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Stan Kaye (signed)
Inks:
Stan Kaye (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In Sleepyside there was a fish...
Characters:
Hayfoot Henry
Synopsis:
Oscar the fish, an attraction in the window of a department store, is stolen. Henry eventually finds it hidden at a fishmongers.

Indexer Notes

The text is in rhyming couplets.

Story title submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page

The Blue-Ribbon Bandits!
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Vigilante / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
? (Writer S)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; superhero; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"This little pig went to market..."
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Hugh Lansdale; Doc Daley (crook)
Synopsis:
Stuff claims the runt of a pig litter before it is destroyed, and raises it to become a prizewinner at the county fair.

Indexer Notes

There may be another penciler in addition to Roussos.

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Western Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

American Boys Bill of Rights
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Kodak Cameras and Film
  3. The Execution of Clark Kent!
    Superman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  5. ["...These new shoes look swell!"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  6. Danny's Dream
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  7. A Modern Noah's Ark!
    Congo Bill
  8. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  9. Editorial Advisory Board
  10. The Light That Did Not Fail
    Bright Star Flashlight Battery
  11. Hermit for a Day!
    Zatara
  12. Double Exposure
  13. [no title indexed]
    Mr. District Attorney
  14. An Oscar for Henry
    Hayfoot Henry
  15. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  16. The Blue-Ribbon Bandits!
    Vigilante
  17. [no title indexed]
    Western Comics
  18. [no title indexed]
    Illinois Merchandise Mart
  19. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  20. American Boys Bill of Rights
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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