Action Comics #123

(August 1948)

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

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

50 Ways to Kill Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

Bob Elliott (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

Old Nick / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Volcano Vandals! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Johnson; George Wickers; Hal Sykes; Mark Thompkins; Pegleg

Synopsis:

Bill stops some pearl thieves using a volcano.

Keywords:

Cyprus (freighter); howitzers; Ilo-Waga (volcano); lava; pearls; radios; Volcano Isle; volcano worship; volcanos

See Heroes in Action! Get Freedom Train Picture Book! (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

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World of Wishes! (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

W. F. White

Inks:

W. F. White

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Zatara

Girls! Boys! Get this New Beanie 'Copter (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Win Roller Skates! (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Stolen Beaver? (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Hayfoot Henry

The Man with the Purple Hand (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

Adventure of Sam Spade / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

["Quick - Mr. Angelo!"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

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

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

The Liquid Metal (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Genre:

non-fiction

Now! Hollywood's "Queen of the Westerns" in a Comic Book All Her Own! (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

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

The Color Wheel of Crime! (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin?

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante; The Rainbow Man (villain)

Margaret O'Brien at a Hollywood Party! (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

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Strange As It Seems (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

PSA for fireworks safety "prepared in cooperation with the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness"; grim reaper image is clearly a reprint of an editorial cartoon from McNaught Syndicate (so marked) and is signed but signature is unclear

Daisy Announces an Entirely New 128 Page, Pocket Size Handbook (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

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