Action Comics #116

(January 1948)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Wizard of Winter! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

The legendary salesman who retailed refrigerators to Eskimos...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Lois Lane; Perry White; Miracle Jack Muldoon (real estate developer)

Synopsis

When J. Wilbur Wolfingham tries swindle a real estate developer by selling him tropical land in the Arctic, Superman outmaneuvers Wolfingham by turning the frozen land into a tropical paradise.

Reprints

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #11 ([April 1948] ?)
• in Colossal Comic Annual (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #2 ([April 1957])
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Indexer Notes

credits by Bob Hughes

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Mr. District Attorney / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Take 'Em Alive! (Table of Contents: 5)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Trapping wild beasts in the steaming jungles of Africa...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Rodney Barton; Joan Barton; Sultan (lion)

Synopsis

Bill helps recover a menagerie of escaped circus animals and expose circus-co-owner Rodney Barton's plan to buy out his niece on the cheap.

Keywords

acrobats; catchpoles; circuses; lions; mountain lions; snare traps; Tasmanian wolf; tiger traps; warthogs

Indexer Notes

The script is credited to "Writer S" by Martin O'Hearn.

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Erector / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I wonder if the ice is thick enough for skating?

Genre

humor

Rescue from the Wreck (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Bright Star Flashlight Battery / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Copy-Cat, Copy-Cat! (Table of Contents: 9)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you copy from someone else on examinations...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tommy; Eddie

Synopsis

Zatara teaches a magical lesson to a boy who only wants to copy work done by others.

Reprints

• in Climax Color Comic (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #13 ([December 1948])

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

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Lit-Win (signed)

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh! This candy isn't as good...

Genre

humor

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

The Lucky Type (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ben Carroll (house name)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Jealous Swain! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye (signed)

Inks

Stan Kaye (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When someone wrecks the water supply...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry; Eddie Snide; Doe

Synopsis

A rejected suitor of a woman who loves to swim causes the town reservoir to go dry, until Henry uncovers the plot.

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Willie Wonder (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Boy Who Wasn't Big Enough! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils

George Roussos (signed as Roussos)

Inks

George Roussos (signed as Roussos)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the story of a little boy who had a big idea...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Bertie Ketchum

Synopsis

Bertie Ketchum is excluded from the Greg Sanders Appreciation Society for being too small. He later overhears some crooks taking about searching the carnival grounds for hidden loot, so he sends a telegram to The Vigilante via Greg Sanders, who is due to make a singing appearance there. The crooks put up a false Singing Troubadour in order to get the kids to search for them, but The Vigilante's appearance puts paid to their scheme.

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

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

Kayo Rembrandt / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wish I knew what to paint!

Genre

humor

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)