Action Comics #108

(May 1947)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

S Is for Skunk (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Great Crasher! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Jerry Seigel]

Pencils

John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

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John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a story of a peculiar character whose hobby is "gate crashing."

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Great Crasher [Vince Vincent]; Mugsy Magoon (villain); The Mugsy Magoon Mob (villains); Hubert; Horace; Terry Gleason; Thomas; Perry White

Synopsis

Clark writes a story about Vince Vincent, The Great Crasher, who has a hobby of getting into places and events without an invitation. Mugsy Magoon then kidnaps Vince to get him to help his gang get into places to commit robberies.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Rudy York (Table of Contents: 4)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

biography; sports

Pokey Joe's Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 5)

Another Jim Wise Real-Life Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

sports

The Fight That Couldn't Be Won! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

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Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

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"Ladies and gentlemen - in this corner Congo Bill..."

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Jim Carey; Sailor Frank Burke; Jake

Synopsis

Bill helps a depressed ex-boxing champ recover his will to live.

Keywords

boxing; Pacific Ocean; Turamoa (Pacific island)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Monark Super Deluxe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Batman and Robin Fans Attention! (Table of Contents: 8)

Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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The Baker and the Jailbird! (Table of Contents: 9)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

William White

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William White

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Nick the baker mixed the tastiest cakes and pies in town...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John "Zatara]; Nick Tray the baker

Synopsis

Nick Tray baked pies used for the pie-throwing scenes in the silent comedy movies. Eventually he left the scene in order to produce pies and cakes which would actually be eaten and enjoyed. crooks place a bomb inside one of Nick's cakes and rob the guests. Zatara is present and eventually catches up with the crooks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Willy / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

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Phil Berube (signed)

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Phil Berube (signed)

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Okay, Mom. I'll round up the gang...

Genre

humor

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

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

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Letters

typeset

Crime Question (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tex Blane

Letters

typeset

The Triumph of Taffy! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

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It takes more than courage to face flying lead...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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The Town That Roared Again! (Table of Contents: 15)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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George Roussos (signed as Roussos)

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George Roussos (signed as Roussos)

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Deserted and forgotten...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Slagle (villain); Ziegler (villain)

Synopsis

Coyote Gulch became a ghost town when the gold petered out. A gang of crooks on the run arrive and decide to create a scam by mixing their gold dust with the mine dirt. They buy the town for a mere pittance and, once a boom is started, they sell plots at inflated prices. Greg Sanders is booked to sing in the town and observes the crooked gambling. As The Vigilante he exposes the gold-salting scam. Rich minerals are discovered in the spring water and a year later the town booms as a spa resort.

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

Post's Grape-Nuts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Jimminy and the Magic Book; More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Wrong-Way Touchdown (Well, Almost!) (Table of Contents: 18)

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

sports

Indexer Notes

Back cover.