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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #102

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1946

Dates

Cover date
November 1946
On sale
September 16, 1946
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Ira Yarbrough, Stan Kaye, Ed Smalle, George Roussos, Lit-Win, William Whiteinks: Stan Kaye, Ed Smalle, George Roussos, Lit-Win, William Whitecolors: Jack Adlerscript: Al Schwartz, Ben Ballard, Lit-Win

Stories

  • Mr. Mxyztplk and His Wonderful Lamp! · 12 pages

    Mxyztplk is back to make Superman's life a misery. On this occasion he overhears Superman saying that Aladdin's magic lamp might be too much even for he to handle. Mxyztplk researches the lamp and causes a giant version to appear on the street, labelled 'Property of Aladdin DO NOT TOUCH'. Inevitably curiosity gets the better of some people and when touched Mxyztplk appears as the genie and starts granting wishes. Superman and Lois get him to agree to three wishes, which include voluntarily pronouncing his own name backwards, which sends him back to his own dimension.

  • A Logical Wrangle! · 4 pages

    Henry is announced to receive an award, but the two professors who come to vet him declare that he falls short of the honor. He eventually reasons with them and they change their minds.

  • Congo, U.S.A.! · 5.67 pages

    Bill seeks out an inventor friend who has become a recluse and is now the target of thieves.

  • Kafloppos · 1 pages
  • Road Incident · 2 pages
  • Swan Song for Outlaws! · 10 pages

    While broadcasting over the radio there is a technical fault which accidentally makes Greg's voice modulate and sound like a crooner. He receives great acclaim from the bobbysoxers, much to Stuff's disgust.

  • Antics about Ancestors! · 8 pages

    Zatara overhears a snobbish boy refusing to play ball with an orphan, so he magically transports them into the past, to discover that the snob's grandfather was hanged as a horse thief in 1859, and the orphan's ancestor was a Knight of the Realm in 1190.

Reprinted in

Star Spangled Comics (1941), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)

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