Comic Title: Action Comics #120
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: March 17, 1948 Copyright Date March 15, 1948
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
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Animated Antiques"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: William F. White

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in Action Comics #119; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #34)

Villain(s)

• Collins (a museum curator; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• J.P. Astor (a museum director; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Zatara attempts to stop the flooding of a cosmopolitan museum using some statues to support several pillars. The statues dissolve in the water and fail, humiliating Zatara. Perplexed, Zatara investigates and learns that the real statues were replaced with soap counterfeits by Collins, the museum curator. Zatara exposes the theft and earns back his reputation.