Action Comics #101

(October 1946)

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

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

L Is for Lion (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Crime Paradise! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel ? (credited)

Pencils

Win Mortimer (credited as Joe Shuster)

Inks

George Roussos (ghosted for Joe Shuster); John Sikela ?; Stan Kaye ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Superman, why don't you stop those crooks?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Specs Dour; Lois Lane; Craig Dennison; Bruce Doyle; Axel; P.J. Moran

Synopsis

Specs Dour has a plan to make prominent persons become unhinged, then blackmail their families. Superman is forced to take the potion which causes the mania, on threat of Lois's life. He finally gets caught on a Pacific atoll in the blast of an 'old' atom bomb, which clears his head.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Artist credits from Pat Lang, Bob Hughes, & Bob Bailey. Pencils originally credited to John Sikela. Inks originally credited to John Sikela or possibly Ed Dobrotka. Win Mortimer is emulating John Sikela's style.

Vern Stephens (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

"Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Devilfish's Domain! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

The furious gale which blows Congo Bill ashore...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Malcolm Fitch; Fred Miller; Joe Roeding

Synopsis

Bill stops a pair of derelict looters from murdering an innocent ichthyologist.

Keywords

aquariums; Bahamas Islands; deep sea diving; hurricanes; ichthyology; octopuses; Star boats

Indexer Notes

writer id by Craig Delich

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

From "Lead Foot" to Anchor Man (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

"P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Perfect Hideaway! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry (a Policeman); Wilkens (villain, a young boy, swindler)

Synopsis

A youngster has been swindled out of a thousand dollars and given supposed ownership of a bridge. Henry discovers the lad seeking to collect a toll for people using the bridge, informs him that the deed is a forgery, and sets out to round up the foul felon, then discovers the crook has swindled others as well.

Keywords

Sleepyside

Indexer Notes

All dialogue is in rhyme.

Giving a Heel the Boot! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

When East Goes West! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When that walloping waddy, The Vigilante...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Carstairs

Synopsis

When old style robbers commit crimes in a modern day city, The Vigilante and Stuff realize that the visiting rodeo is the best hideout. Greg applies for a job and excels at bronc riding, shooting and roping.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Morton / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are ya' all through, Daddy?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #9 (July-August 1950)
• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #15 (September 1956)
• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #6 ([Circa 1956-1958])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Quiet Beat (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Carter (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Big Moose; The Duke

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Man Who Didn't Dare! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Henry Peck; Mrs. Peck

Synopsis

Mild-mannered Henry Peck lacks courage. Zatara helps him sell his invention, designed to protect banks from robbery, using a combination of radar, television and radio. His bosses like the idea so much that they make him a partner.

How Thom McAn Stopped a Tidal Wave (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tops in Comics! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

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

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)