Action Comics #95

(April 1946)

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

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

G Is for Gazelle (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Laughing Stock of Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jon Small

Inks

Jon Small ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What can make even a strong man quake with fear?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; also as Professor Hi Laryus]; Lois Lane; The Prankster (villain); Mayor Caldwell; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis

The Prankster sets out to make Superman the laughing stock of Metropolis. His antics include throwing custard pies in Superman's face and drawing a mustache on an official portrait. Superman retires from fighting crime and crooks run rampant. In disguise, Clark challenges The Prankster to the title of funniest man alive, during which he confesses to having been the cause of Superman losing face.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)

Indexer Notes

art id by Bob Hughes

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Legal Eagle! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye (signed)

Inks

Stan Kaye (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A crime quickly solved by Henry the cop...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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

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

The Burgling Bookman! (Table of Contents: 7)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks

George Roussos (credited as Mort Morton Jr.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Reading maketh a full man"...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Brainsworth (crook); Wilbert Walliston

Synopsis

The Vigilante and Stuff foil the schemes of a book collector who rigs up his volumes with tricks. In one, for example, he affixes $100 bills to the pages, in another he hollows out the insides and places gas in the cavity.

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

Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win (signed)

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'll take her if she can sing...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Fleers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

New Fangled Hoosegow (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

V. V. Dredaine (house name)

Letters

typeset

Upstream River Rats! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the dank, danger-teeming Amazon headwaters...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Hollis; Leffridge; Dutch; Blackie

Synopsis

Bill exposes a pair of treasure hunters trying to keep visitors away from their gold stream.

Keywords

alligators; Amazon River; gold; gold panning; silver

Indexer Notes

writer id by Craig Delich

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

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

Byron Nelson (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Willie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Phil Berube (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Could I have a nice, big piece of pie, Mommy?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #152 (May 1950)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Spotlight for Cinderella! (Table of Contents: 16)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William White (signed as W F White)

Inks

William White (signed as W F White)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You all know Grimm's old, old tale of the three wicked sisters and the poor but pretty Cinderella.

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Julie Hunter; Jack Stone

Synopsis

Alighting from a train in Hollywood, Zatara overhears a girl and her three step-sisters discussing a role in the movies. He visits his old friend Jack Stone, now a producer, and suggests a version of Cinderella using all four women.

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

The Weather Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cool Under Fire! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)