Action Comics, #102
Published: November 1946
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Issue Contents:
Mr. Mxyztplk and His Wonderful Lamp!
Characters
- Superman
- Mr. Mxyztplk
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Colors: Jack Adler
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
M Is for Mule
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Mr. Mxyztplk and His Wonderful Lamp!
"So you'd like an Aladdin's lamp..."
Storyline
Mxyztplk is back to make Superman's life a misery. On this occasion he overhears Superman saying that Aladdin's magic lamp might be too much even for he to handle. Mxyztplk researches the lamp and causes a giant version to appear on the street, labelled 'Property of Aladdin DO NOT TOUCH'. Inevitably curiosity gets the better of some people and when touched Mxyztplk appears as the genie and starts granting wishes. Superman and Lois get him to agree to three wishes, which include voluntarily pronouncing his own name backwards, which sends him back to his own dimension.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Mr. Mxyztplk (villain)
- Lois Lane
- Perry White
- Mortimer
- Slim
- O. Whilom Potts
Credits
- Script: Don C. Cameron (uncertain)
- Pencils: Ira Yarbrough
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
credits by Bob Hughes
Saving the Warden's Daughter!
Steve Van Buren
A Logical Wrangle!
"About nothing at all, this tale is told..."
Storyline
Henry is announced to receive an award, but the two professors who come to vet him declare that he falls short of the honor. He eventually reasons with them and they change their minds.
Characters
- Hayfoot Henry Shortyfellow
- Professor Sneed
- Professor Weed
Credits
- Script: Suat Yalaz
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
The text is written in rhyming couplets.
Story Notes
Ad for the Monark Super Deluxe model.
Congo, U.S.A.!
"The last place you might think of finding a jungle is in our own country!"
Storyline
Bill seeks out an inventor friend who has become a recluse and is now the target of thieves.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Cal Jones
- Sheik
Credits
- Script: Suat Yalaz
- Pencils: Ed Smalle
- Inks: Ed Smalle
Story Notes
writer credit by Craig Delich
Supermen of America
Featuring Kafloppos
"I want the very best seed you have..."
Road Incident
Credits
- Script: Ben Ballard
Story Notes
Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Swan Song for Outlaws!
"No swoon crooner is the Prairie Troubadour..."
Storyline
While broadcasting over the radio there is a technical fault which accidentally makes Greg's voice modulate and sound like a crooner. He receives great acclaim from the bobbysoxers, much to Stuff's disgust.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- the Rope Raiders [Hardpan Hank
- Tombstone]
Credits
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: George Roussos
Antics about Ancestors!
"In the world of today, it doesn't matter wo you are..."
Storyline
Zatara overhears a snobbish boy refusing to play ball with an orphan, so he magically transports them into the past, to discover that the snob's grandfather was hanged as a horse thief in 1859, and the orphan's ancestor was a Knight of the Realm in 1190.
Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- J. Morton Thirston, IV
- his granfather (in 1859)
- Jerry Lionel
- Gerald of the Mailed Fist
Credits
- Pencils: William White
- Inks: William White
How Thom McAn Licked the Landslide
"Don't miss these new issues..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
How to Outbluff a Vicious Dog at Night!
Story Notes
Back cover.