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Action Comics #117

DC · Series began 1938 · February 1948

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Dates

Cover date: February 1948
On sale: December 15, 1947
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer, William White, Phil Berube, Ed Smalle, Lit-Win, Stan Kaye, Henry Boltinoff, George Roussosinks: Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer, William White, Phil Berube, Ed Smalle, Lit-Win, Henry Boltinoff, Sy Barrycolors: Jack Adlerscript: Al Schwartz, Joe Samachson, Phil Berube, Lit-Win, Henry Boltinoff, Ted Rosenletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

Christmastown, U.S.A.! · 12 pages
Christmastown is flooded, but Superman helps turn the disaster into Central Valley's most amazing Christmas ever.
Birds Out of Hand! · 7 pages
Betty Lane takes in every bird she can, much to her mother's dismay. Zatara gives a show at Betty's school, and she asks him to speak to her mother. When they get to the Lane house all the birds have gone. Zatara takes Betty and her mother flying to demonstrate the positive effect that birds can have.
Little Ozzie · 0.5 pages
Ozzie meets his friend, who has a bag of peanuts, and suggests they play zoo. Ozzie will be the elephant and Willie the boy who feeds him peanuts.
Christmas in the Congo! · 6 pages
Bill creates a "real" Christmas for Jimmy, the son of a medical missionary stationed in the Congo.
Daffy & Doodle · 0.5 pages
A Singular Swap! · Hayfoot Henry · 4 pages
The Eagle Screams "Thief!" · 2 pages
A Lesson for the Teacher! · 10 pages
The Vigilante and Stuff rescue a young female teacher from the East when she is captured by the gang of the man whose trial she is due to give evidence at.

Reprinted in

Colossal Comic Annual (1956), Limited Collectors' Edition (1972), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)