Comic Title: Action Comics #105
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: December 18, 1946 Copyright Date December 16, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: "Operation Hippo"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Congo Bill (of Earth-1)

Writer: George Kashdan
Artist: Edwin J. Smalle, Jr.

Feature Character(s)

• Congo Bill (last appearance in Action Comics #104; next appearance in Action Comics #106)

Other Character(s)

• Johnny Williams and Fred Forest (ex-G.I.'s; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
After their discharge from the army, Johnny Williams and Fred Forest head to Africa to trap wild animals. While capturing a lion, the men are ambushed by a charging rhino. Congo Bill helps the men evade the rhino, then offers to help them capture some pygmy hippos. During their task, Congo Bill is entangled in a native snare. The hippo charges him, but he rides on its back, driving it into the cage.