Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #100

Cover Date: September 1946
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1946-07-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Ed Dobrotka

Story: "The Sleuth Who Never Failed!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Ira Yarbrough
Inks	Stan Kaye
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Other Character(s):

Inspector Herbert Hawkins (first appearance; of Scotland Yard; collects evidence that Kent is Superman)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two and features the Golden Age versions of characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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Second Story: "The Case of the Captive Seals!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Fred Ray
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Seal Poachers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Arctic

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Third Story: "The Book that was Too Real!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	George Roussos
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (Victor Leong)

Villain(s):

Blast Beadle and his gang (first appearance for all; use an author's ideas for crime novels to commit crimes)

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Fourth Story: "Magic -- Past or Present!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	William White
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Other Character(s):

Merlin

Thoth

Oracle of Delphi (first appearance?)

Appolonius

Cagliostro (Joseph Balsamo)

Morpheus (see Comments; the "God of Dreams")

Location(s):

River Styx

Shadeland

The Dreaming

Comment(s):

This may have all been a dream with Morpheus still imprisoned, it is not ascertainable at this time who poses as him in this story.

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