Action Comics, #104

Published: January 1947

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Action Comics #104

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Issue Contents:
Candytown, U.S.A.
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman
  • the Prankster
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Candytown, U.S.A.
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Creator of incredibly whacky crime plots..."

Storyline

The Prankster suggests to Sweetooth that he build a town made of candy and call it Candytown, but has plans to use bad candy to build it. He will then build a rival town made of good candy and call it Goodytown. On the opening day, Superman destroys Candytown, gathers up the bad ingredients and reboils them adding sugar. On catching up with The Prankster it is revealed that he himself was duped by one Wolfingham. Superman then returns him to jail, where he rejects and despises all candy.

Characters
  • The Prankster
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Daniel R. Sweetooth
  • Lois Lane
Credits
Story Notes

The Wolfingham who gyped The Prankster out of $5,000, though unseen in this story, is no doubt Superman's old foe J. Wilbur Wolfingham, who first appeared in Superman #26 (February 1944).

Clark Shaughnessy
Story 3 1 page
The Cross-Word Puzzle Quest!
Story 4 4 pages humor; detective-mystery
Characters
  • Hayfoot Henry
Credits
Story 5 1 page
Scallions for Scoundrels!
Story 6 6 pages adventure; jungle

"Ever hear of crooks trying to kill a man in order to steal a pair of onions?"

Storyline

Thieves steal a horticulturalist's valuable bulbs.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Professor Cole
Credits
Superman's Secret Message
Story 7 0 pages
Story 8 1 page
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 9 0 pages
O Is for Opposum
Story 10 1 page
Crossed Trails
Story 11 2 pages
Credits
Marshal Vigilante
Story 12 10 pages adventure; superhero

"How would The Vigilante..."

Storyline

Greg and Stuff fall asleep in a diner and dream that they are back in the lawless West of the 1870s, where they foil counterfeiters, rustlers and crooked bankers.

Characters
  • The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Burley the banker
  • Jesse James (crook)
Credits
Story 13 1 page
The Perilous Penny Banks!
Story 14 7 pages adventure; fantasy

"Ever hear the saying that a bad penny is sure to turn up?"

Storyline

Years earlier, Heister Hess had buried the proceeds of a robbery under a piece of waste ground. After serving his prison sentence he goes to retrieve it, only to find that an estate of houses has been built over it. He hits upon a plan to sell a penny bank to the young man who lives in one of them. The penny bank explodes, setting fire to the house. Fortunately Zatara is passing and magically extinguishes the flames. A short time later another penny bank explodes, setting fire to another one of the houses. Zatara again saves the day and then traces the cause of the fires back to the robber.

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
  • Heister Hess (crook)
Story 15 1 page
How Thom McAn Stopped the Forest Fire
Story 16 1 page adventure
Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners
Story 17 1 page
Characters
  • Red Ryder
  • Little Beaver
  • Willie
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

How to Outbluff a Vicious Dog at Night!
Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.