Action Comics #112

(September 1947)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

W Is for Woodchuck (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Cross-Country Chess Crimes! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Jerry Siegel]

Pencils

John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the Sixth Dimension pops that pixilated imp, Mr. Mxyztplk...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk (villain); Bugashlovsky (chess champion); Smith (chess champion)

Synopsis

Mr. Mxyztplk takes up chess, by pitting himself against chess champions and using the United States as a real-life game board.

Reprints

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

Keywords

chess

Eddie Stanky (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Moe / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whew! Gosh, it's hot in here!

Genre

humor

Characters

Little Moe

The Overturned Canoe (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bright Star Flashlight Battery / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Knife Thrower! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Ray (signed as FRay)

Inks

Fred Ray (signed as FRay)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a Latin America backgound...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Charlie Moran; Rocco; Donardo

Synopsis

When Bill's friend, an espionage courier is killed, Bill gets involved in recovering a missing microfilm.

Keywords

bombs; Central America; espionage; knife throwing act; microfilm; the Checker Club

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

Kellogg's Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Photo of a Phoney! (Table of Contents: 9)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A camera tells the truth...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara; Hal Parker; Frames Fenton

Synopsis

Zatara uncovers a swindle which results in a photographer's business being stolen from him. Challenging the thief, Zatara magically alters all of his photos to show heads of animals on bodies of real people, which brings down scorn and ridicule.

Reprints

• in Captain Triumph Comics (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #17 ([1949])

More Exciting Than Fiction! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Real Fact Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! Pull over! What's the rush?

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Element of Surprise (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Carter

Letters

typeset

The Practical Jokers! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

So intent on a rhyme that his brain gets thick...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry; Crazy Jack

Synopsis

Looking for that elusive rhyming word, Henry is bamboozled into visiting Crazy Jack.

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

Trapping a Bandit (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

U. S. Royal Bicycle Tires [U. S. Royal Bike Tires; U. S. Royal Tires; U. S. Bike Tires; Uniroyal] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Vigilante's Double! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos (signed as Roussos)

Inks

George Roussos (signed as Roussos)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Vigilante - a name which strikes terror in the hearts of the underworld's hordes!

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Rip Morrison (crook)

Synopsis

Rip Morrison impersonates The Vigilante and commits a series of robberies in his name.

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

Parker Johns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tops! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Animal Antics; Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)