Action Comics , #123

Published: August 1948

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Story Featuring Superman

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50 Ways to Kill Superman!

Story Featuring Superman

"Is there any way to kill Superman?"

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A group of gangsters holds a contest where each uses one of 50 different methods to attempt to kill Superman.

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Volcano Vandals!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"Deep down in the heart of ancient seas..."

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Bill stops some pearl thieves using a volcano.

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World of Wishes!

Story Featuring Zatara

"Wishful thinking never gets you anyplace."

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Zatara overhears Larry Dobbs wishing he could have things easy and find a magic lamp which will grant wishes. Zatara teaches him a lesson by providing one, then having all the wishes backfire

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Story Featuring Jerry the Jitterbug

"Quick - Mr. Angelo!"

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Jerry runs into the barber's shop and has him lather up his face, His girlfriend walks by, and Jerry explains that he wanted her to think he was getting a shave.

The Stolen Beaver?

"Hold on to your hats for this curious tale..."

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Hayfoot Henry investigates the disappearance of a hat, and eventually discovers that a wealthy socialite had eaten it in payment of a bet.

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Story Notes

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

The Color Wheel of Crime!

"When everything looks rosy, then watch out for the Rainbow Man..."

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Rainbow Man escapes from jail by diving into a vat of dye which turns him white. Greg Sanders, reading about it, knows that the crook buys raw pigments in order to mix paint used to commit his crimes, so he and Stuff question various local suppliers. They trace him to his hideout, where he captures and places them in front of his Color Organ, which generates hypnotic color patterns. The Vigilante manages to smash the wheel using his feet, and the noise brings rescue in the form of a state trooper. They finally catch up with the gang in a film studio which has a giant rainbow as prop.

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Daisy Announces an Entirely New 128 Page, Pocket Size Handbook
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Back cover. Advertisement for book Daisy Handbook (featuring comic characters on the cover: Captain Marvel, Robotman, Red Ryder, Da Vinci, 2-Gun Percy, Rudolph Diesel, Boy Commandos, Ibis) from Daisy Manufacturing Company.

Strange As It Seems
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Inside back cover. PSA for fireworks safety "prepared in cooperation with the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness". This is a reprint of an editorial cartoon from the McNaught Syndicate and is so marked. Bails' Who's Who has John Hix working on the Strange As It Seems feature for United Features Syndicate in 1939.

Margaret O'Brien at a Hollywood Party!
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Advertisement for make your own candy from The Prince Co.

Now! Hollywood's "Queen of the Westerns" in a Comic Book All Her Own!
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House ad for Dale Evans #1 but with photo-cover rendered in line art version.

The Liquid Metal
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Superman's Secret Message
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House ad for Supermen of America club.

The Man with the Purple Hand
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Advertisement for Wildroot Cream-Oil; comic strip format starring Dashiell Hammett's detective.

Win Rollfast Skates!
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Advertisement for roller skates as prizes for contest from Bazooka gum.

Girls! Boys! Get this New Beanie 'Copter
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Other
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Advertisement from Tootsie Rolls. Captain Tootsie makes a cameo, not full strip ad.

See Heroes in Action! Get Freedom Train Picture Book!
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Advertisement for Freedom Train book from Kellogg's Pep cereal.

The Nick of Time at the Midget Auto Races
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Advertisement for Old Nick candy and Bit-O-Honey from Schutter's.

Bob Elliott
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Advertisement featuring Major League Baseball's Bob Elliott for Wheaties from General Mills, Inc.

For Thrills and Action Read
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Inside front cover. House ad for Sensation Comics #80, Star Spangled Comics #83, and All-American Comics #100.

Editorial Advisory Board
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Inside front cover.