Action Comics #102

(November 1946)

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

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

M Is for Mule (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Mr. Mxyztplk and His Wonderful Lamp! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron ?

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you'd like an Aladdin's lamp...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyztplk (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White; Mortimer; Slim; O. Whilom Potts

Synopsis

Mxyztplk is back to make Superman's life a misery. On this occasion he overhears Superman saying that Aladdin's magic lamp might be too much even for he to handle. Mxyztplk researches the lamp and causes a giant version to appear on the street, labelled 'Property of Aladdin DO NOT TOUCH'. Inevitably curiosity gets the better of some people and when touched Mxyztplk appears as the genie and starts granting wishes. Superman and Lois get him to agree to three wishes, which include voluntarily pronouncing his own name backwards, which sends him back to his own dimension.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

credits by Bob Hughes

Saving the Warden's Daughter! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

"U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Steve Van Buren (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Logical Wrangle! (Table of Contents: 6)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

About nothing at all, this tale is told...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry Shortyfellow; Professor Sneed; Professor Weed

Synopsis

Henry is announced to receive an award, but the two professors who come to vet him declare that he falls short of the honor. He eventually reasons with them and they change their minds.

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Monark Super Deluxe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Congo, U.S.A.! (Table of Contents: 8)

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 last place you might think of finding a jungle is in our own country!

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Cal Jones; Sheik

Synopsis

Bill seeks out an inventor friend who has become a recluse and is now the target of thieves.

Keywords

closed-circuit televisions; hobo jungles; hobos; robots; sedan chairs

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Craig Delich

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Kafloppos / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

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?

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?

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I want the very best seed you have...

Genre

humor

Road Incident (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ben Ballard

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Swan Song for Outlaws! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No swoon crooner is the Prairie Troubadour...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; the Rope Raiders [Hardpan Hank; Tombstone]

Synopsis

While broadcasting over the radio there is a technical fault which accidentally makes Greg's voice modulate and sound like a crooner. He receives great acclaim from the bobbysoxers, much to Stuff's disgust.

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

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win

Pencils

Lit-Win

Inks

Lit-Win

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I got you a job at the circus, Daffy...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #104 (May 1950)

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

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

Antics about Ancestors! (Table of Contents: 15)

Zatara / comic story / 8 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

In the world of today, it doesn't matter wo you are...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; J. Morton Thirston, IV; his granfather (in 1859); Jerry Lionel; Gerald of the Mailed Fist

Synopsis

Zatara overhears a snobbish boy refusing to play ball with an orphan, so he magically transports them into the past, to discover that the snob's grandfather was hanged as a horse thief in 1859, and the orphan's ancestor was a Knight of the Realm in 1190.

How Thom McAn Licked the Landslide (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

How to Outbluff a Vicious Dog at Night! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Eveready / advertisement / 1 page (report information)