Comic Title: Action Comics #117
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: December 17, 1947 Copyright Date December 15, 1947
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Christmastown, U.S.A."
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Reprinted In:
Limited Collectors' Edition C-34 (1975)
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #32; next appearance in Superman #51)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #116; next appearance in Superman #51)
• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #116; next appearance in Superman #51)

Other Character(s)

• Danny Osborne, his grandfather, and the citizens of Christmastown (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lois Lane and Clark Kent are sent to Christmastown to cover the annual Christmas Eve festivities. A flood has swept through the valley, so Lois and Clark split up. Clark switches to Superman and builds an ark for the people of Christmastown to use since the town is underwater. Unfortunately Danny Osborne, the man expected to play Santa Claus is missing.

Farther upstream Lois helps relief workers fight the flood. She meets a man with amnesia who was struck by a floating log. Sensing a story, she stays close to the man. When the ark floats by, the man remembers that he is Danny Osborne. He is then reunited with his grandfather who has filled in as Santa Claus. Lois and Clark both return with the same story and share the headline.