Action Comics
#122
(July 1948)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-05-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Super-Sideshow
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Action Comics (National Comics Publications of Canada Ltd, 1948 series) #122 ([circa August 1948]) -
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)
-
- Keywords
- circuses; clowns; knives; strongmen
The Super Sideshow!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Right this way, ladies and gentlemen...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Charley Carson (barker); the fire-eater (performer); the fat lady (performer); the India-rubber man (performer); the human fly (performer); the sword swallower (performer); tattooed man (performer); Henry Hulbert (promoter)
- Synopsis
- When a sideshow museum is sabotaged, Superman uses his powers to fill in for the sick performers to perform a super sideshow.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)
-
Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Secret Legion: Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Mr. Bingling; Miss Trixie; Zulu - Synopsis
- The Captain and his pals figure out who has been tampering with the circus trapeze equipment.
- Keywords
- circus; monkeys; trapeze
Butterfly Booty!
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chasing butterflies may sound like small-time game...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Si Evans; Paley
- Synopsis
- Si Evans invents a machine for collecting butterflies, but a pair of criminals try to steal it. Bill uses the machine itself to capture the crooks.
- Keywords
- butterfly collecting; elephants; haircuts; leopards; lions; robots
Won - By a Whisper!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
Everything You Want in a Magazine!
Gang Busters; Mr. District Attorney / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Mischievous Morton / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Phil Berube (signed)
- Pencils
- Phil Berube (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Berube (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Morton; his mother
- Synopsis
- Morton asks his mother for a piece of pie and she insists he only take one slice. He cuts a small portion and eats the remaining huge piece
Mail-Order Magic!
Zatara / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can learn magic from books...
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jimmy Keller; Baldy Smith (crook); Muggsy (crook)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy White sees Zatara perform magic at a basketball game and decides he will learn it too. Soon he is performing simple sleight of hand, but one of the young onlookers decides to steal items from passing adults and claim the missing item had just vanished. Zatara sees what is happening and teaches the young offender a lesson. His brother is escaped convict Baldy Smith and one of the gang is about to shoot Zatara in the back when Jimmy saves him.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh! I'm broke again...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll show here - I'll run away from home!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shorty; a sheriff
- Synopsis
- Shorty runs away from home to avoid doing the dishes. When he has to jump into a lake to avoid a swarm of hornets he is arrested for trespassing, and forced to wash dishes to work off his five dollar fine.
For the Tops in Teen-Age Comics Read
A Date with Judy; Leave It to Binky; Buzzy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
The Measure of a Criminal
text story / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Curtain Time for the Mystery Crimes!
Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say! That's not in the act!
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; Mr. Kling; Roger Westgun (crook); Polecat Pete (crook)
- Synopsis
- The Vigilante and Stuff foil a series of robberies which turn out to be masterminded by a travelling theatre owner.
Indexer Notes
Pencils formerly credited to George Roussos.
[no title indexed]
Scribbly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Sideshow
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Kodak -
2.
The Super Sideshow!
Superman -
3.
Rounding Up the Rustlers
"U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires -
4.
Captain Tootsie Traps the Circus Culprit
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
5.
Butterfly Booty!
Congo Bill -
6.
Won - By a Whisper!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes -
7.
Everything You Want in a Magazine!
Gang Busters; Mr. District Attorney -
8.
["Oh, boy!"]
Mischievous Morton -
9.
Mail-Order Magic!
Zatara -
10.
Show Time
Adventures of "Popsicle Pete" -
11.
["Gosh! I'm broke again..."]
Daffy & Doodle -
12.
Superman's Secret Message
Supermen of America -
13.
["I'll show here - I'll run away from home!"]
Shorty -
14.
You Run Faster in Keds!
U. S. Keds -
15.
For the Tops in Teen-Age Comics Read
A Date with Judy; Leave It to Binky; Buzzy -
16.
The Measure of a Criminal
-
17.
Curtain Time for the Mystery Crimes!
Vigilante -
18.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Company -
19.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
20.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn -
21.
[no title indexed]
Scribbly -
22.
[no title indexed]
Thom McAn
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