Action Comics , #95

Published: April 1946

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The Laughing-Stock of Metropolis

Story Featuring Superman

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Story Notes

inker id by Craig Delich

The Laughing Stock of Metropolis!

Story Featuring Superman

"What can make even a strong man quake with fear?"

Storyline

The Prankster sets out to make Superman the laughing stock of Metropolis. His antics include throwing custard pies in Superman's face and drawing a mustache on an official portrait. Superman retires from fighting crime and crooks run rampant. In disguise, Clark challenges The Prankster to the title of funniest man alive, during which he confesses to having been the cause of Superman losing face.

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Story Notes

art id by Bob Hughes

The Legal Eagle!

"A crime quickly solved by Henry the cop..."

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Story Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

The Burgling Bookman!

Story Featuring Vigilante

""Reading maketh a full man"..."

Storyline

The Vigilante and Stuff foil the schemes of a book collector who rigs up his volumes with tricks. In one, for example, he affixes $100 bills to the pages, in another he hollows out the insides and places gas in the cavity.

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"I'll take her if she can sing..."

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New Fangled Hoosegow
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Upstream River Rats!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"In the dank, danger-teeming Amazon headwaters..."

Storyline

Bill exposes a pair of treasure hunters trying to keep visitors away from their gold stream.

Story Notes

writer id by Craig Delich

"Could I have a nice, big piece of pie, Mommy?"

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Spotlight for Cinderella!

Story Featuring Zatara

"You all know Grimm's old, old tale of the three wicked sisters and the poor but pretty Cinderella."

Storyline

Alighting from a train in Hollywood, Zatara overhears a girl and her three step-sisters discussing a role in the movies. He visits his old friend Jack Stone, now a producer, and suggests a version of Cinderella using all four women.

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Cool Under Fire!
Story Notes

Back cover.

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Byron Nelson
Superman's Secret Message

"His strange magnetic powers save him from being torn to bits..."

"I just called to tell you you're all out of Wheaties, Mother..."

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G Is for Gazelle
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes

Inside front cover.