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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published June 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

12 page Superman story "The Man They Wouldn't Believe"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; V: Craig Shaw.
Synopsis Lois writes an article critical of a certain playboy, but it backfires when he falls in love and proposes to her, making even Clark Kent jealous enough to reveal his secret identity to her.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

Half page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Sgt. David Woody"

Characters Sgt. David Woody
Genre fact
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young

12 page The Vigilante story "The Cat and the Fiddler"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Fiddler.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Jr.)
Inks Charles Paris

5 page Three Aces story "One Arabian Night"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 6 pages). Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

8 page Americommando story "The Dikes of Death"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Genre war
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer credit from Jerry Bails, via Craig Delich 6/05.

2 page text story "A Dog's Life"

Genre adventure
Script Ward George (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "A Blowout in Istanbul"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle?
Inks Edwin Smalle?

1 page Private Pete filler

Characters Pvt. Pete
Genre military humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

7 page Zatara story "The Man who Stole Magic"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman
Notes Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 9 pages).