Action Comics #100

(September 1946)

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

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sleuth Who Never Failed! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz (credited as Jerry Seigel)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Inks

Stan Kaye ? (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many are the battles fought by the Man of Steel...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Inspector Hawkins (introduction); Lois Lane

Synopsis

Inspector Hawkins tries to trap Clark Kent into revealing he is Superman.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Inker id by Bob Hughes.

Ideas, themes and plot devices from this story form the basis for most of the "Lois Lane thinks Clark Kent is Superman" stories of the next two decades.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

"Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Johnny Mize (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Rhyming Horse! (Table of Contents: 5)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a tale of betrayal and worse...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Captive Seals! (Table of Contents: 7)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Ray

Inks

Fred Ray

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Through steaming tortuous jungles...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill

Synopsis

Bill captures a gang of seal poachers in the Arctic.

Keywords

ice; kayaks; poaching; seals

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

K Is the Letter for Kangaroo (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Indian Sign (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ben Ballard (house name)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Sunshine Nelly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Callahan

Pencils

Jack Callahan

Inks

Jack Callahan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's bright li'l me...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #108 (September 1950)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lit-Win

Inks

Lit-Win

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look here, Daffy, you've been owing me...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #161 (July 1950)

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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Book That Was Too Real! (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

J. Scriver Tome, crime fiction author...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; J. Scriver Tome; Blast Beadle (reformed crook)

Synopsis

J. Scriver Tome is the author of successful crime novels. A gang of crooks uses his plots to commit crimes until The Vigilante and Stuff step in.

Here's a Fact Magazine with Superman Punch! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Real Fact Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Magic -- Past or Present! (Table of Contents: 17)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Outside the circle of the living...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Merlin; Toth; the Delphic Ooracle; Appolonius; Cagliostro; Morpheus

Synopsis

The spirits of great magicians of past ages return to challenge the young upstart Zatara, but he outwits them at every turn. Having been declared by his peers the greatest magician of all time, he wakes up, unsure whether the experience was real or merely a dream.

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How to Avoid These "Booby Traps" in Your Home! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Eveready / advertisement / 1 page (report information)