Action Comics #122
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Super Sideshow!", young Jimmy White is inspired by magician Zatara’s performance at a basketball game to learn magic himself—only to find his newfound sleight of hand misused by a clever thief among the crowd. When a prank escalates into a dangerous situation, Zatara confronts the real culprit, a young offender with a hidden past, and Jimmy must step in to protect him, even as a shadow from the past—Baldy Smith—looms nearby. With art by W. F. White and a cover by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, this 1948 issue blends magic, mischief, and a moment of unexpected heroism.
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Jimmy White sees Zatara perform magic at a basketball game and decides he will learn it too. Soon he is performing simple sleight of hand, but one of the young onlookers decides to steal items from passing adults and claim the missing item had just vanished. Zatara sees what is happening and teaches the young offender a lesson. His brother is escaped convict Baldy Smith and one of the gang is about to shoot Zatara in the back when Jimmy saves him.
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