Action Comics
#96
(May 1946)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-03-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume I, Part 2, Numbers 1 and 2, Periodicals, 1946-1947. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B11370.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Synopsis
- Underwater, Superman is playing checkers with a man in a deep-sea diving costume.
- Reprints
-
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- checkers; deep sea divers; fish; oceans
Indexer Notes
This cover gag (paying checkers underwater to show how long one can go without breathing) will be reused on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 Series) #20 (April 1957).
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Your Red Cross Must Carry On!
public service announcement / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Haircut -- and a Close Shave!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Every barber has the reputation of being a great talker...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Twister; Lois Lane
- Synopsis
- A writer decides to become a criminal as "research" for his next book.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Pencils previously credited to Sam Citron. Based on Martin O’Hearn's blog:
http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/04/millie-model-by-ken-bald-and-pete…,
http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2014/03/pete-riss-mahunter.html, and
http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2012/03/superman-riss-or-citron.html and comparing this story to Citron’s known work on Classics Illustrated 10 [HRN 140] and the DC Mr. District Attorney series, this art credit has been changed to Pete Riss.
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"Pepsi" the Pepsi Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wish I had a gun, Pepsi...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Colin Allen (signed)
- Inks
- Colin Allen (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My only game was tiddlywinks...
- Genre
- humor; sports
Adventure in Hollywood!
Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Frenchy; Slim; Jeffrey Kendall
- Synopsis
- An amnesiac Bill attempts to avoid thugs intent on securing a treasure map in Bill's possession.
- Keywords
- amnesia; Hollywood Park; lions; Mammoth Studios; motion pictures; treasure maps
Danger's Midgets!
Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as Mort Morton Jr.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Few people like The Dummy...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; The Dummy (villain); Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Tin-Ear Tommy (crook)
- Synopsis
- While escaping from the police, The Dummy is hidden by a sympathetic female midget [sic], then they get away in her car, eventually running down The Vigilante. The Dummy gets his comeuppance at a carnival, where a horde of midgets bring him down.
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Bob Hughes.
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Scuffy the Tramp / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the 'Man in the Street' quiz program...
- Genre
- humor
Killer's Refuge
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Stan Carter (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Ovid Lebrie; Sgt. Dennis Macklin; Brother Dominique
The Sabotaged Dinner!
Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Because a rhyme's missing, Henry can't eat...
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Indexer Notes
The text is written in rhyming couplets.
Wonders of Words!
Zatara / comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- Many of the words you know and say are really magic...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Dan Towne
- Synopsis
- Zatara catches a boy sneaking out of school because he would rather fish than find out the meaning of three words he had been given. The words are pterodactyl, jinn and corsair. Zatara decides to show him what fun the exercise can be.
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Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Michael Berry (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Berry (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Souvenir or no souvenir...you leave that here!
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Advertisement contains a gag cartoon by Berry.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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Superman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
Your Red Cross Must Carry On!
-
3.
Haircut -- and a Close Shave!
Superman -
4.
["Wish I had a gun, Pepsi..."]
"Pepsi" the Pepsi Cola Cop -
5.
["My only game was tiddlywinks..."]
Wheaties -
6.
Adventure in Hollywood!
Congo Bill -
7.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
8.
[no title indexed]
Kellogg's Pep -
9.
Danger's Midgets!
Vigilante -
10.
["This is the 'Man in the Street' quiz program..."]
Scuffy the Tramp -
11.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum -
12.
Killer's Refuge
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13.
The Sabotaged Dinner!
Hayfoot Henry -
14.
Phil Cavarretta
Wheaties -
15.
Wonders of Words!
Zatara -
16.
How Thom McAn Tamed a Tornado
Thom McAn -
17.
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
18.
["Souvenir or no souvenir...you leave that here!"]
Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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