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108May 1947
$0.10

Action Comics #108

DC · May 1947 · on sale 1947-03-17

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#108
Publication date
May 1947
Key date
1947-05-00
On-sale date
1947-03-17
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2S Is for Skunkpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Great Crasher!comic story12pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Great Crasher [Vince Vincent]; Mugsy Magoon (villain); The Mugsy Magoon Mob (villains); Hubert; Horace; Terry Gleason; Thomas; Perry White
6The Fight That Couldn't Be Won!comic story6pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed SmalleCongo Bill; Jim Carey; Sailor Frank Burke; Jake
8Batman and Robin Fans Attention!promo (ad from the publisher)1
9The Baker and the Jailbird!comic story7script: Joe Samachson; pencils: W. F. White; inks: W. F. WhiteZatara [Giovanni "John "Zatara]; Nick Tray the baker
10Willycomic story0.67script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
11Supermen of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
12Crime Questiontext story2script: Tex Blane
13The Triumph of Taffy!comic story4script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeHayfoot Henry
15The Town That Roared Again!comic story10pencils: George Roussos; inks: George RoussosThe Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Slagle (villain); Ziegler (villain)
17Jimminy and the Magic Book; More Fun Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0
2006On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3
1993On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #6
ISBN 978-1-4012-9193-8
2019On eBay ›

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