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Issue: Action Comics #116
Publication Date: January 1948
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Issues: #116 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/17/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Wizard of Winter

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; J. Wilbur Wolfingham
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Wizard of Winter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Lois Lane; Perry White; Miracle Jack Muldoon (real estate developer)
Synopsis: When J. Wilbur Wolfingham tries swindle a real estate developer by selling him tropical land in the artic, Superman out-manuevers Wolfingham by turning the frozen land into a tropical paradise.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #11 published April 1948
as The Wizard of Winter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. District Attorney
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Pages: 1
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Take 'Em Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Rodney Barton; Joan Barton; Sultan (lion)
Synopsis: Bill helps recover a menagerie of escaped circus animals and expose circus-co-owner Rodney Barton's plan to buy out his niece on the cheap.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The script is credited to "Writer S" by Martin O'Hearn.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Erector
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I wonder if the ice is thick enough for skating?
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Pages: 0.5
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Rescue from the Wreck

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bright Star Flashlight Battery
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Pages: 0.5
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Copy-Cat, Copy-Cat!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Zatara
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In Content Item: FlagClimax Color Comic #13 published December 1948
as Copy-Cat, Copy-Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Gosh! This candy isn't as good...
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Pages: 0.33
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The Lucky Type

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ben Carroll
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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The Jealous Swain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Willie Wonder

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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The Boy Who Wasn't Big Enough!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante
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Pages: 9
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kayo Rembrandt
First Line: Wish I knew what to paint!
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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