Action Comics , #116

Published: January 1948

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The Wizard of Winter

Story Featuring Superman

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The Wizard of Winter!

Story Featuring Superman

"The legendary salesman who retailed refrigerators to Eskimos..."

Storyline

When J. Wilbur Wolfingham tries swindle a real estate developer by selling him tropical land in the Arctic, Superman outmaneuvers Wolfingham by turning the frozen land into a tropical paradise.

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Story Notes

credits by Bob Hughes

Take 'Em Alive!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"Trapping wild beasts in the steaming jungles of Africa..."

Storyline

Bill helps recover a menagerie of escaped circus animals and expose circus-co-owner Rodney Barton's plan to buy out his niece on the cheap.

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Story Notes

The script is credited to "Writer S" by Martin O'Hearn.

Story Featuring Shorty

"I wonder if the ice is thick enough for skating?"

Copy-Cat, Copy-Cat!

Story Featuring Zatara

"Do you copy from someone else on examinations..."

Storyline

Zatara teaches a magical lesson to a boy who only wants to copy work done by others.

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"Gosh! This candy isn't as good..."

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The Jealous Swain!

"When someone wrecks the water supply..."

Storyline

A rejected suitor of a woman who loves to swim causes the town reservoir to go dry, until Henry uncovers the plot.

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Story Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

The Boy Who Wasn't Big Enough!

Story Featuring Vigilante

"This is the story of a little boy who had a big idea..."

Storyline

Bertie Ketchum is excluded from the Greg Sanders Appreciation Society for being too small. He later overhears some crooks taking about searching the carnival grounds for hidden loot, so he sends a telegram to The Vigilante via Greg Sanders, who is due to make a singing appearance there. The crooks put up a false Singing Troubadour in order to get the kids to search for them, but The Vigilante's appearance puts paid to their scheme.

Story Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

"Wish I knew what to paint!"

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Daisy Manufacturing Company

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Back cover.

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Inside back cover.

Willie Wonder
Editorial Advisory Board
The Lucky Type
Credits
Story Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Superman's Secret Message
Rescue from the Wreck
Story Notes

Inside front cover.