Action Comics #90

(November 1945)

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

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

B Is for Beaver (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Rookery for River Rats! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Jerry Siegel] (credited)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Inks

Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Equally at home on land and water...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Barney McGowan; Amphi-Bandits [Augie; Horace Rikker]; Horace Rikker

Synopsis

Superman fights the Amphi-Bandits, who make their getaways in a speedboat by creating an artificial fog. They capture Lois and Superman trails them to their hideout. While he is distracted they make good their escape, which Superman tracks to a submersible. Covering the windows with a tarpaulin, Superman lifts them gently and deposits them at a police station.

Reprints

• 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)

The Weird Chapeau! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When folks get things they do not need...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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

Meet a Bit-o-Honey / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Camouflage for Crime! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congo Bill, in his endless travels...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Keeler

Synopsis

Bill foils a gang of diamond smugglers.

Keywords

diamonds; dynamite; smuggling

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Gunslinger's Reward (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Whitney Ellsworth (credited as Fred Whitby)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

Spike Martin; Judge Hatch; Sheriff Harvey Payne; Mayor Bond

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

Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Picayune Pilferers! (Table of Contents: 11)

Vigilante [Western hero] / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All they really wanted was pretty things to play with...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Mrs. Gladys Muchworth; Rattler (crook)

Synopsis

The Vigilante and Stuff foil a plot whereby crooks pretend to be harmless kleptomaniacs so that a rich society matron will allow them to play in her home with cheap jewelry she has bought to entertain them. This befuddles our heroes, until the time arrives for the criminals to use the layout of the homes they have cased to steal the valuable gems.

Bernie Bierman (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

School Days, School Days! (Table of Contents: 13)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Walter; Miss Jones

Synopsis

Zatara has been having lunch with some old friends, but the youngster has to go back to school, complaining how dull it will be after hearing Zatara's tales. Zatara decides to visit the classroom, but in invisible form. He animates the depiction of the Pilgrims being attacked by native Americans in 1632, then takes the class under the ocean, to the top of a volcano, and to the snowy wastes of Alaska, before returning them safely to the classroom, wiser and more enthusiastic about their lessons.

How Thom McAn Rescued the Doomed Liner (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tops in Comics! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

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