Action Comics #100
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Sleuth Who Never Failed!", young magician Zatara faces a supernatural trial when the spirits of legendary magicians from history rise to test his skill—each more cunning than the last. Written by Don C. Cameron and illustrated by W. F. White, this 1946 classic sees Zatara outthink the past’s greatest illusionists, only to awaken questioning whether his triumph was real or a dream. The cover, by Wayne Boring and Ed Dobrotka, captures the mystery of the moment.
In "The Book That Was Too Real!", J. Scriver Tome finds his crime fiction dangerously blurring with reality when a gang begins using his stories as blueprints for real heists—forcing The Vigilante and Stuff to race against the clock to stop the next move before fiction becomes fatal.
In "Magic — Past or Present!", young Zatara faces a spectral challenge when the spirits of legendary magicians from history rise to test his skill. Outwitted at every turn, he’s crowned the greatest magician of all time—only to wake uncertain if the grand trial was real or just a dream.
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Reprinted in Detective Comics #161 (1950), Star Spangled Comics #108 (1950), Superman in Action Comics #1 (1993), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)
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