Action Comics #117

(February 1948)

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

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

Comiquiz (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Christmastown, U.S.A.! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz (ghosted for Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Win Mortimer (credited as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Win Mortimer (credited as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a story that really began on a Christmas Day over a hundred years ago...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Osborne (first name unknown); Danny Osborne; Santa Claus (as costume only)

Synopsis

Christmastown is flooded, but Superman helps turn the disaster into Central Valley's most amazing Christmas ever.

Reprints

• in Colossal Comic Annual (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #3 ([August 1957])
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-34 (February-March 1975)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)

Keywords

Christmas

"Chick" Davies (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Birds Out of Hand! (Table of Contents: 6)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

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You've been told to be kind to our feathered friends...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Betty Lane; Betty's mother

Synopsis

Betty Lane takes in every bird she can, much to her mother's dismay. Zatara gives a show at Betty's school, and she asks him to speak to her mother. When they get to the Lane house all the birds have gone. Zatara takes Betty and her mother flying to demonstrate the positive effect that birds can have.

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

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

Script

Phil Berube (signed)

Pencils

Phil Berube (signed)

Inks

Phil Berube (signed)

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Hi, Willie! Watcha got?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Ozzie; Willie

Synopsis

Ozzie meets his friend, who has a bag of peanuts, and suggests they play zoo. Ozzie will be the elephant and Willie the boy who feeds him peanuts.

[Roller Skate Facts] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Winchester Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Christmas in the Congo! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

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Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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Africa - you know it as a land of dark jungle and dazzling sunlight...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Jimmy

Synopsis

Bill creates a "real" Christmas for Jimmy, the son of a medical missionary stationed in the Congo.

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas trees; elephants; impalas; jungle fever; leopards; medical missions; net traps; photographs

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

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

Script

Lit-Win (signed)

Pencils

Lit-Win (signed)

Inks

Lit-Win (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

You take the hammer, Daffy...

Genre

humor

Mickey Marvel (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

A Singular Swap! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

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A mysterious event a difficult rhyme...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry; Rockport McGill

Indexer Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wait till I see Shorty...

Genre

humor

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

The Eagle Screams "Thief!" (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Rosen

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

A Lesson for the Teacher! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Al Schwartz

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

Sy Barry

Colors

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Do you know the difference between a waddy and a bushwacker?

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

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

Synopsis

The Vigilante and Stuff rescue a young female teacher from the East when she is captured by the gang of the man whose trial she is due to give evidence at.

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

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

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here, Mrs. Wiggins, let me give you a hand!

Genre

humor

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)