Action Comics #114
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- November 1947
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
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DC: Superman National Comics
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/6246
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Colours
- Jack Adler, colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comics (KGM, 1947 series) #8 ([January 1948?]) — No title recorded
- Printed in
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)
- Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
1Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Inside front cover.
3"Human nature has changed little..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Carl Sand (criminologist); Henry Royce (head of welfare league); John Carver (alderman candidate); Mrs. Bixby; Lloyd Marwick (president, Scientific Truth Society); Sam Nichols (photographer); Mike Chesney (mobster); Pinky (criminal); Nix (criminal)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter [as Jerry Seigel]
- Art
- Ira Yarbrough , penciller [credited]
- Win Mortimer , inker [credited as Joe Shuster]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman All Color Comics (KGM, 1947 series) #8 ([January 1948?]) — The Man Who Was Honest
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Superman All Color Comics (KGM, 1947 series) #8 ([January 1948?])
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #1 ([August 1956]) — The Man Who Was Honest!
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #1 ([August 1956])
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #5 ([September 1965?]) — The Man Who Was Honest
- Printed in
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #6 ([September] 2019)
Synopsis
After a famous criminologist states that no person is completely honest, Lois is assigned a story to find an honest man, with an assist from Superman.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Wheaties
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
5Featuring
- Feature
- Jimminy and the Magic Book; More Fun Comics
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
6Featuring
- Feature
- Congo Bill
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Jim Ryan; Danny Ryan; Jane Ryan
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ed Smalle, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Bill helps put down a mutiny of a whaling ship.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Supermen of America
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- "U. S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
9"Zatara's talents are many and varied..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure; Fantasy-Supernatural
- Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; James; Jupiter (a trained dog)
Credits
- Writing
- Joe Samachson, scripter
- Art
- William White, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #34 ([June 1950?]) — The Canines and the Crooks
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Superman Comics (KGM, 1950 series) #3 (June 1950) — The Canines and the Crooks
- Printed in
- Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #34 ([March 1950])
Synopsis
Zatara magically helps a fellow vaudeville performer to rescue his trained dog from unscrupulous crooks.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Spalding
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
11"Hmm... This is the third time that nervy guy has come here..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Doctor Specs
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Phil Berube, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Phil Berube, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
12Featuring
- Feature
- Bright Star Flashlight Battery
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
13"In a chase or a clinch Hayfoot Henry's a cinch..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Hayfoot Henry
- Genre
- Humour; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Hayfoot Henry; Ecto P. Goshawful; Desperate Danny the Duke (crook); Morganbilt Smoots; Countess Toots
Credits
- Writing
- Al Schwartz, scripter
- Art
- Stan Kaye, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
Hayfoot Henry investigates goings on in a haunted house.
Notes
The text is written in rhyming couplets.
14Credits
- Writing
- Drexel Dean, author
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
15"March right into the kitchen and wash all the dishes..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
16"Death wins a nerve-shattering classic of the speedway..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Vigilante [Western hero]
- Genre
- Adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Vince Burl (crook); Floyd Gill (crook); Pop Gunn; Flash Lister
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Synopsis
The Vigilante investigates a murder and a robbery at a speedway track.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Real Fact Comics
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
18Featuring
- Feature
- Parker Johns
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
19Featuring
- Feature
- Illinois Merchandise Mart
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Thom McAn
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.