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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published April 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Valentine Villainy"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

12 page Superman story "Valentine Villainy"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Betty Roxmore; Villains: the Count, Spike, Leek, Paddy.
Synopsis Superman and Jimmy have much the same problem: what to buy their respective girlfriends for Valentine's Day.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron [signed as Jerry Siegel]
Pencils Ira Yarbrough [signed as Joe Shuster]
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

1 page Clancy the Cop filler

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

10 page Vigilante story "Alias Mr. Sunshine"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Villains: The Rainbow Man (I), Shakes (I), Dictionary (I).
Genre western
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Mort Meskin

4 page Super Sleuth McFooey filler "The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables"

Characters Super Sleuth McFooey
Genre humor; crime
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.

6 page Congo Bill story "Desert Danger"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle
Inks Edwin Smalle

8 page Americommando story "Mission for Freedom"

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.

2 page text story "Best in the House"

Genre adventure
Script Ted Udall? (signed as Ted Loury)
Letters typeset

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters Clancy the Cop
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.

8 page Zatara story "The Idol on the Island"

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