Action Comics
#92
(January 1946)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1945-11-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor)
Issue Notes
Printed in U.S.A.
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Volume 40, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 703060. On-sale date of November 16 in ad in Sensation Comics #49.
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1945, New Series, Volume 40, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 703060. On-sale date of November 16 in ad in Sensation Comics #49.
[Superman at Work]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Synopsis
- Superman digs a huge hole in the ground while two workmen sit by and relax.
- Reprints
-
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)
-
Editorial Advisory Board Superman DC Comic Magazines
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Listing of members of the Editorial Advisory Board and DC comic titles. Page includes indicia.
D Is for Donkey
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
- Script
- ? (promo copy)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promotional advertisement for comics with the DC logo.
The Average American!
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson (ghosted for Jerry Siegel)
- Pencils
- Ed Dobrotka (ghosted for Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- George Roussos ? (ghosted for Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Hammerhead Haines; Homer Jordan; Virgil Chumley
- Synopsis
- In an attempt to boost its circulation figures The Daily Planet organizes a contest to find The Average American. Someone enters Clark's name, and by an odd string of events, he actually wins.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer and penciller credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Inks
- Roland Coe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get that package out of sight!
- Genre
- humor; sports
The Bengal Woman!
Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The mountain fastness of northern India...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Gunka; Brooks; the Bengal Woman
- Synopsis
- Bill works to prevent a gang of thieves working for an Asian woman from raiding a medical supply convoy bound for China from India.
- Keywords
- Australian Army; British Army; China; Gurkhas; India; Japanese Imperial Army; medical supplies; whips; World War II
[no title indexed]
Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Volto and Jimmy are flying over jungle...
- Genre
- superhero
The Amazing Mr. Minute!
Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
- Fantastic clocks chime the signals for fantastic crimes...
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Mr. Minute (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Minute commits a series of crimes involving clocks, but The Vigilante and Stuff eventually make sure he gets time.
Smoke Signal
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Annette Blackman (credited as Alton Black)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Slats Marbery; Pop; Mr. Bailey (a milkman)
Indexer Notes
The Who's Who gives Alton Black as a byline for Blackman.
[no title indexed]
Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Big pow wow of chiefs --Sign treaty!
- Genre
- humor
The Rainbow Plot!
Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It happens all the time each spring...
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Indexer Notes
The text is written in rhyming couplets.
writer id by Craig Delich
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! Look at that poor gold fish!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #60 (August-September 1950)
-
Lowdown on a High Hat!
Zatara / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson ?
- Pencils
- William White (signed as W F White)
- Inks
- William White (signed as W F White)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Bowler (villain)
- Synopsis
- Bowler thinks Zatara's magic resides in his top hat and makes several attempts to steal it. He finally gives them the hat and they wish for new clothes and a new car, whereupon convict striped uniforms and a police patrol wagon ap[ear.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes.
Daisy Play Guns Now Ready
Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Daisy Air Rifles from the Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Michigan.
I Shall Show You How to Learn Radio
National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- ? (photographs); ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (photographs); ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Advertisement for booklet and program on radio building and repair from the National Radio Institute of Washington, D.C.
[no title indexed]
Lighter Moments; Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- Frank Beaven (signed) (gag cartoon); ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- Frank Beaven (signed) (gag cartoon); ? (illustration)
- Inks
- Frank Beaven (signed) (gag cartoon); ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Clancy, I think you done that on purpose!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Clancy; unnamed solider; unnamed female native
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Advertisement with Lighter Moments gag cartoon for Eveready Batteries of the National Carbon Company, Inc.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Superman at Work]
Superman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board Superman DC Comic Magazines
-
2.
D Is for Donkey
-
3.
The Average American!
Superman -
4.
["Get that package out of sight!"]
Wheaties -
5.
The Bengal Woman!
Congo Bill -
6.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
7.
How Thom McAn Blitzed the "Bullet Proof Men"
Thom McAn -
8.
["Volto and Jimmy are flying over jungle..."]
Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes -
9.
The Amazing Mr. Minute!
Vigilante -
10.
Smoke Signal
-
11.
["Big pow wow of chiefs --Sign treaty!"]
Chief Hot Foot -
12.
[no title indexed]
Fleers -
13.
The Rainbow Plot!
Hayfoot Henry -
14.
Nat Holman
Wheaties -
15.
["Gosh! Look at that poor gold fish!"]
Daffy & Doodle -
16.
[no title indexed]
History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
17.
Lowdown on a High Hat!
Zatara -
18.
Daisy Play Guns Now Ready
Daisy Air Rifles -
19.
I Shall Show You How to Learn Radio
National Radio Institute -
20.
["Clancy, I think you done that on purpose!"]
Lighter Moments; Eveready Batteries
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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