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Cover: Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye

Action Comics #104

Jan 1947 · DC · 0.10 USD
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Contains 5 stories
Candytown, U.S.A.
12 pp · Superhero
The PranksterSuperman [Clark Kent]Daniel R. SweetoothLois Lane

In "Candytown, U.S.A.," the Prankster convinces Sweetooth to build a candy-filled town called Candytown, but his real plan involves lacing it with bad candy to sabotage Goodytown, a rival town made of good candy. When Superman intervenes on opening day, he dismantles the sugary deception and exposes the Prankster’s scheme—only to learn he was outwitted by a cunning figure named Wolfingham.

The Cross-Word Puzzle Quest!
4 pp · Humor, Detective-Mystery
Hayfoot Henry
Scallions for Scoundrels!
5.67 pp · Adventure, Jungle
Congo BillProfessor Cole
Marshal Vigilante
10 pp · Adventure, Superhero
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]Stuff, the Chinatown KidBurley the bankerJesse James (crook)

In "Marshal Vigilante," Greg and Stuff find themselves swept into a vivid dream of the 1870s West, where they take up the mantle of lawmen in a frontier town plagued by counterfeiters, rustlers, and corrupt bankers. The story unfolds as a classic adventure, blending gritty frontier justice with the kind of high-stakes action that defined early superhero tales.

The Perilous Penny Banks!
7 pp · Adventure, Fantasy
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]Heister Hess (crook)

In "The Perilous Penny Banks!" from Action Comics #104 (1947), a disgraced former thief named Heister Hess returns to reclaim stolen money buried beneath a now-developed lot—only to set off a chain of mysterious fires using explosive penny banks. When two houses go up in flames, the magician Zatara steps in to put out the blaze and uncover the truth behind the sabotage.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $116
CGC 9.8 · 1 in census $8,622*
CGC 9.6 · 2 in census $5,279*
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $3,377
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $2,168*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $1,050*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $824*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $661*
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $589
CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $461*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $399*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $325
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $272*
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $238
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $211*
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $186*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $151*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $133
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker William White
cover pencils Wayne Boring
cover inks Stan Kaye

Reprints

Reprinted in Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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