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Issue Details

Issue #72
Published May 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

12 page Superman story "Superman and the Super-Movers"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Grogan; Mr. Bixley; V: Oberleutnant Karl Brumer, Joe Drew, Mr. Sniggle.
Synopsis Superman compares himself to construction workers and heavy crane operators as he helps the owners of "Super Movers" against a rival, who is trying to buy the owner out in order to use the business as a front for robbery.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks George Roussos
Notes Art credits added by Bob Hughes 07/06. Much info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-16-08.
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 Guns of Killer Haines"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; V: Killer Haines.
Genre western
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Mort Meskin
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 07/06.

4 page Super Sleuth McFooey filler "The Perfect Double"

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.

1 page Superman public service announcement "Be A Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

6 page Congo Bill story "Choose Your Weapon"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Edwin Smalle
Inks Edwin Smalle
Notes Writer id by Bob Hughes 07/06.

2 page text story "Out of Nowhere"

Genre adventure
Script Alan Cabot (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Americommando story "Cargoes of Death"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]; V: Admiral Numa and Captain Saki.
Synopsis Americommando is in Tokyo, disguised as a Nazi officer.
Genre war
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer credit by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

8 page Zatara story "Magic Knights"

Characters Zatara; Merlin; Bob Banton.
Genre occult
Pencils Joseph Sulman?
Inks Joseph Sulman?
Notes Zatara states his powers are based on science and nothing more than hypnotism and illusion.