Action Comics, #120

Published: May 1948

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Action Comics #120

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Issue Contents:
Super Stuntman!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent] a movie director
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman, Stunt Man!
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

A movie producer tricks Superman into signing a contract to be a stunt man.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Mike Foss (movie director)
  • Miss Sunbeam
  • Mr. Hadley
  • Lydia Heartache
Credits
Story Notes

Pencils credit per Rich Morrissey ("it may be Plastino imitating Wayne Boring"), Martin O'Hearn, and Pat Lang. Gene Reed says it is Boring.

Story 3 1 page
In the Nick of Time
Story 4 1 page
High-Water Peril!
Story 5 7 pages adventure

"North - South - East or West..."

Storyline

Bill rescues a judge from a flood and captures a trio of convicts.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Jack
  • Ann
  • Johnny Bane
  • Judge Norman
  • Hefty
Credits
Story Notes

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

Superman's Secret Message
Story 6 0 pages
Roping the Runaway Driver
Story 7 1 page adventure

Featuring "Cabbie" Casey

Story 8 4 pages humor

"Listen, ol' man river..."

Storyline

Casey picks up a fare who keeps giving him ten dollars more, to drive through the park, the residential district, the financial district, and finally the waterfront, where he wants Casey to drive off the end of the pier. Casey refuses and hands him over to Casey the cop.

Characters
  • 'Cabbie' Casey
  • Clancy
Credits
Ranger Rescue
Story 9 1 page adventure
The Secret That Saved the Sandlot
Story 10 1 page sports
The Animated Antiques!
Story 11 7 pages adventure; fantasy

"Zatara utters miraculous words of command..."

Storyline

The unscrupulous Collins, curator of the Cosmopolitan Museum of Ancient Art, has replaced many of the priceless artifacts with soap replicas and sold the originals. When Zatara visits the museum's wealthy benefactor they are summoned to the museum, which has flooded. Zatara tries to control the water and artifacts, but they ignore his magic. Finally, the museum building tells him of the phony substitutions. Collins confesses to being an ex-con, and is returned to prison.

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
  • J.P. Astor
  • Collins (villain)
  • Isis (statue)
  • Amenhotep (mummy)
Crooked Flight
Story 12 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Horse Nobody Could Ride!
Story 13 9 pages adventure; superhero

"On winter nights, Indians will gather round campfires..."

Storyline

The Vigilante and Stuff visit an Indian reservation where they meet up with an old friend and learn about the culture and natural skills of the First Nations.

Characters
  • The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Charlie Long Bow
  • Chief War-Bird
  • Featherfoot
Credits
Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado
Story 14 1 page superhero

"Captain Tootsie and the Secret Legion visit an army airfield in the southwest."

Storyline

Captain Tootsie has the brilliant idea to fly airplanes directly into a tornado to break up the twister.

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page humor

"Nice sunny day, isn't it?"

Featuring Western Comics

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.