TORRAP ESOL REWOP FO CIGAM HCEEPS! I'm taking no more chances with that parrot ... not after he made me talk through my hat! There, that's better! 
- — Zatara
Action Comics #124 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1948.
Synopsis for Superman: "A Superman of Doom"
Appearing in Superman: "A Superman of Doom"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Assorted crooks
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Elmdale
Items:
- an all-lead Superman suit
Synopsis for Federal Agent: "The Hot Car Mob"
Appearing in Federal Agent: "The Hot Car Mob"
Featured Characters:
- Steve Carter, Federal Agent (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- G-Men
- Bud, Federal Agent (First appearance)
- Steve's Boss
Antagonists:
- Hot Car Mob:
- Jackie
- his pal
Synopsis for Zatara: "Mimic's Magic"
Zatara's next-door neighbors have a parrot, which one day starts randomly creating backwards-talking magic effects, some of them quite dangerous. Zatara creates several equally-spectacular magic effects, in neutralizing these threats, while he figures out what's going on. By enabling a dinosaur to talk and asking it questions, he gets to the truth of the matter, and visits the parrot. The bird randomly sends Zatara to the bottom of the ocean, where he can't speak, but Zatara, as usual, is wearing a big top hat, which contains a bubble of air, so he gets himself out of that jam, then returns and magically de-powers the parrot.
Appearing in Zatara: "Mimic's Magic"
Featured Characters:
Animals:
- Mimic, a parrot
- Dinosaur
Synopsis for Congo Bill: "Case of the Crooked Rock"
Congo Bill visits the U.S./Mexico border, discovers an artifact-smuggling operation, and busts it.
Appearing in Congo Bill: "Case of the Crooked Rock"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Horace Bentley, archaeologist, smuggler
- two hench-smugglers
Other Characters:
- Sgt. Winters, U.S. Border Agent
- Mexican Rurales
Locations:
- The Rio Grande Valley
- Mexico
- Metzlub's Tomb
Items:
- Aztec Artifacts
Synopsis for Vigilante: "The Lonesome Kangaroo"
Appearing in Vigilante: "The Lonesome Kangaroo"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mooglie Ned, outback outlaw (Single appearance)
- Ropus, outback outlaw (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Ed Hughes, cattle station owner
- his drovers (One dies.)
Animals:
- Wallabys, a herd of them
- Katie, a kangaroo
Locations:
Items:
- diamond nugget
Vehicles:
- Hughes' scouting plane
- Vigilante's motorcycle
Notes
- First issue for Federal Agent by Ed Moore.
- Steve gets head-konked unconscious with a pistol butt, and Bud gets punched out, but both are faking.
- Vigilante: "The Lonesome Kangaroo!" is reprinted in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told.
- Also appearing in this issue of Action Comics were:
- Bebe by Henry Boltinoff
- "Fire" (text article) by William Morrison
- Homer by Henry Boltinoff
- Little Brother by Phil Berube
Trivia
- In the 4th panel of the 2nd page of "Case of the Crooked Rock," Congo Bill is glad to pick up a rowing pole, which he says may come in handy because he's unarmed. But the art shows him wearing his usual revolver in its usual quick-draw holster.
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