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Action Comics , #124

Published: September 1948

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Story Featuring Superman

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A Superman of Doom!

Story Featuring Superman

"They're getting away with a million dollars' worth of jewels..."

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Superman is caught in an atomic explosion and becomes radioactive. Since he is unable to get near anyone, criminals take advantage and commit brazen crimes believing that Superman is helpless to stop them. He solves the problem by encasing his whole body in a lead suit.

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"Garsh! Gee, that's a dandy dog you found, brother!"

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Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

The Hot Car Mob

"To every corner of the nation spread the tentacles..."

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Steve Carter and Bud expose a stolen car racket.

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Story Notes

Introduction and first appearance of this strip.

Mimic's Magic!

Story Featuring Zatara

"Wait till you see what happens..."

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Out for a peaceful walk, Zatara encounters giant coffee pots, dinosaurs and other animals. One eventually tells him that the problems are caused by a magic parrot which lives in the apartment next to him.

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Story Notes

With its preponderance of giant objects it is possible that this story was written by Bill Finger.

Story Featuring Bebe

"Hmm - apple pie - my fav'rit!"

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Thinking her mother has made apple pies and wanting a slice, Bebe offers to run errands and even cleans her room, only to discover that it is their next door neighbor who is baking.

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Story Featuring Homer

"Bath House"

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Homer sits under an umbrella on the beach in the pouring rain since, as he tells a police officer, it gets too crowded on sunny days.

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Case of the Crooked Rock!

Story Featuring Congo Bill

"One need not go to the far corners of the earth to find danger and adventure!"

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Bill stops the smuggling of illegally obtained artifacts from Mexico.

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The Lonesome Kangaroo!

"The Wild West of Australia is the dreary "outback"..."

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An unlikely kangaroo named Katie carries in her pouch a fabulously valuable diamond, and the hombres after it have already killed her master.

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New Target Range for Daisy BB Rifle Shooters!
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Ad for different models of Daisy BB Guns and announement of the availability of Daisy Handbook #2.

Story Notes

Back cover.

The One and Only Superman...
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Ad for the Superman serial from Columbia Pictures.

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Fire
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An article on the properties and uses of fire.

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Superman's Secret Message
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Ad the Supermen of America Club with a message to be decoded using Code Uranus No. 6.

Story Notes

Decoded message reads: Life is never too busy nor time too short for courtesy and consideration toward others.

Editorial Advisory Board
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A list of the members of DC's advisory board plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty titles are listed.

Everything You Want in a Magazine!

Story Featuring Gang Busters , Story Featuring Mr. District Attorney

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Ad for Gang Busters #5 and Mr. District Attorney #5.

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New Fun! Send for This Story-Toy Book
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Ad for a book available for 15 cents plus one Rice Krispies box top.

Ewell Blackwell Champion Pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds
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Highlights of Ewell Blackwell's pitching career coupled with a Wheaties ad.

We'll Dream on These Snaps...Come December!
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Ad for Kodak camera film.

Story Notes

Inside front cover.