Action Comics #86

(July 1945)

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

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

People Like to Laugh! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Buzzy; All Funny Comics; Real Screen Funnies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Enchanted Mountain! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough

Inks

Ira Yarbrough

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; the Wizard of Wokit; Lois Lane

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #272 (February 1974)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1977 ([april] 1977)
• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #38 (July 1983)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mysterious Marauder! (Table of Contents: 6)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

John Daly

Inks

John Daly

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Gul Khan; Blake; Randall

Synopsis

While in India visiting a friend, Bill discovers a gang that's throwing travelers into a tiger pit with a hungry tiger.

Keywords

elephants; India; jewels; tigers; treasure chests

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public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do y'want me to get really mad?!?

Genre

advocacy

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

Orient of the Occident! (Table of Contents: 9)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.) (signed)

Inks

Mort Meskin (as Mort Morton Jr.) (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

In the Cards (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff (credited as Blair Bolton)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

The Pyrotechnician! (Table of Contents: 12)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

Schwartz script credit removed by Craig Delich. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.

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

Crime -- Off the Record! (Table of Contents: 14)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William White (as William F. White)

Inks

William White (as William F. White)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Working on a big case, no doubt!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

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Supermen of America / public service announcement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are you a good American?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)