Action Comics
#103
(December 1946)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1946-10-14
- 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 copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try to be more careful!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- 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
- safes
The Road to Happiness!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ? [as Jerry Seigel]
- Pencils
- Ira Yarbrough (ghosted for Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (ghosted for Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A thousand years of oblivion roll back...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Bunner; Glenn Paulding; Haxtl; Empress Nara; Quexo
- Synopsis
- Clark and Lois are in Central America for the opening of a pre-Mayan pyramid. As Superman, he burrows deep into a cavern where many persons lie as if only in sleep. Haxtl and Empress Nara appear beside him and converse in modern English, explaining that telepathy is one of their accomplishments. He declares that the machine that has kept them alive for a thousand years will obliterate all developments since that date. Superman takes the empress and her advisor on a tour of the modern world, explaining how they try and help all peoples, not just the ruling classes.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #5 ([March] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
inker id by Bob Hughes
The Postman Never Rings!
Zatara / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- William White (signed as W F White)
- Inks
- William White (signed as W F White)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What would it take to turn our world upside down?
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- Synopsis
- Some schoolboys are bragging about their father's occupations, and sneer at one whose father is a postman. Zatara overhears the exchange and sets them right.
Fighting the Forest Fire!
"U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Plastino (signed)
- Inks
- Al Plastino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
Danger on the Ski Trail!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
The Sea of Missing Ships!
Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Sargasso Sea...
- Genre
- adventure; drama; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Kelly; Joe; Doctor Forbes; Jake Wardell
- Synopsis
- Modern pirates force an air liner to land in the mid-Atlantic in order to kidnap a plastic surgeon who is on board, hoping that he can give their chief a new face. Bill is also a passenger and manages to free the surgeon and capture the pirates.
- Keywords
- air liners; Federal Bureau of Investigation; fighter planes; pirates; plastic surgery; Sargasso Sea; yachts
Indexer Notes
writer id by Craig Delich
The Policeman's Rival!
Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The latest rhymed tale of Sleepyside...
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Indexer Notes
The text is written in rhymed couplets.
The Rainbow Man's Return!
Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Color - vivid, flamboyant color!
- Genre
- adventure; superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Rainbow Man (villain); Bean Smitty (crook); ierre Lezl
- Synopsis
- The Vigilante's old foe The Rainbow Man escapes jail and goes on a robbery rampage. As ever, The Vigilante and Stuff pursue him and bring him to justice.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Try to be more careful!"]
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Kodak -
2.
The Road to Happiness!
Superman -
3.
Lou Little
Wheaties -
4.
The Postman Never Rings!
Zatara -
5.
Fighting the Forest Fire!
"U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires -
6.
Danger on the Ski Trail!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
7.
The Sea of Missing Ships!
Congo Bill -
8.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
9.
[no title indexed]
Plastic Wood -
10.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
11.
N Is for Newfoundland
-
12.
Dog's Life
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum -
14.
The Policeman's Rival!
Hayfoot Henry -
15.
[no title indexed]
General Mills, Inc. -
16.
The Rainbow Man's Return!
Vigilante -
17.
[no title indexed]
Utility Stores -
18.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
19.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Jochen G.
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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