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

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

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 (as Alvin Schwartz)

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

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 (as Alvin 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 / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

[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

Characters

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)