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Issue: Action Comics #108
Publication Date: May 1947
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Issues: #108 of 866 Issues (1410 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: 03/17/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Editorial Advisory Board

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S Is for Skunk

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The Great Crasher!

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Writer(s): ? [as Jerry Siegel]
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; The Great Crasher [Vince Vincent]; Mugsy Magoon (villain); The Mugsy Magoon Mob (villains); Hubert; Horace; Terry Gleason; Thomas; Perry White
First Line: This is a story of a peculiar character whose hobby is "gate crashing."
Synopsis: Clark writes a story about Vince Vincent, The Great Crasher, who has a hobby of getting into places and events without an invitation. Mugsy Magoon then kidnaps Vince to get him to help his gang get into places to commit robberies.
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Rudy York

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Genres: biography, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pokey Joe's Secret Weapon

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise Real-Life Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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The Fight That Couldn't Be Won!

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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Jim Carey; Sailor Frank Burke; Jake
First Line: "Ladies and gentlemen - in this corner Congo Bill..."
Synopsis: Bill helps a depressed ex-boxing champ recover his will to live.
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Feature(s): Monark Super Deluxe
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Batman and Robin Fans Attention!

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Feature(s): Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics
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The Baker and the Jailbird!

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Zatara [Giovanni "John "Zatara]; Nick Tray the baker
First Line: Nick the baker mixed the tastiest cakes and pies in town...
Synopsis: Nick Tray baked pies used for the pie-throwing scenes in the silent comedy movies. Eventually he left the scene in order to produce pies and cakes which would actually be eaten and enjoyed. crooks place a bomb inside one of Nick's cakes and rob the guests. Zatara is present and eventually catches up with the crooks.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willy
First Line: Okay, Mom. I'll round up the gang...
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Feature(s): Supermen of America
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Crime Question

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The Triumph of Taffy!

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Hayfoot Henry
Character(s): Hayfoot Henry
First Line: It takes more than courage to face flying lead...
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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The Town That Roared Again!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Slagle (villain); Ziegler (villain)
First Line: Deserted and forgotten...
Synopsis: Coyote Gulch became a ghost town when the gold petered out. A gang of crooks on the run arrive and decide to create a scam by mixing their gold dust with the mine dirt. They buy the town for a mere pittance and, once a boom is started, they sell plots at inflated prices. Greg Sanders is booked to sing in the town and observes the crooked gambling. As The Vigilante he exposes the gold-salting scam. Rich minerals are discovered in the spring water and a year later the town booms as a spa resort.
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Feature(s): Post's Grape-Nuts
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Feature(s): Jimminy and the Magic Book; More Fun Comics
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The Wrong-Way Touchdown (Well, Almost!)

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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