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Issue Details

Issue #69
Published February 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Back cover is a Capt. Tootsie ad drawn by C.C. Beck.

Cover Details - "When the Prankster Meets Superman, Trouble Begins!"

Characters Superman; V: The Prankster.
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Back cover is a Capt. Tootsie ad drawn by C.C. Beck.
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

12 page Superman story "The Lost-and-Found Mystery"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; G. Clamm; J. Roger; V: the Prankster.
Synopsis Clark and Lois are mystified by ads in the Daily Planet offering huge sums of money for the recovery of lost items. But Superman gets involved when Lois disappears, thanks to the Prankster!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel? (signed as Jerry Siegel)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ed Dobrotka? (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Blue "S" on cape. Credits by Bob Hughes 12/06. Previously credited to Sam Citron. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-9-07.
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

1 page Private Pete filler

Characters Pvt. Pete
Genre military humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page Vigilante story "The Little Men Who Were There"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre superhero; western
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #3 (November 1972).

4 page Vitamin Vic filler "The Rain Maker"

Characters Vitamin Vic
Genre teen humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-9-07; letterer credit added by Craig Delich 10-14-08.

6 page Congo Bill story "Kangaroo Capers"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle
Inks Edwin Smalle

1 page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters Clancy the Cop
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Americommando story "Traitor's Bait"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Genre war
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

1 page Handy Andy filler

Characters Handy Andy
Genre gag
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 10-9-07.

2 page text story "Revenge, Rationed"

Genre adventure
Script Jack Miller? (signed as Tod Mallon)
Letters typeset

8 page Zatara story "East Meets West"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils Joseph Sulman?
Inks Joseph Sulman?