| Issue | #79 |
| Published | December 1944 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Burnley |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; V: J. Wilbur Wolfingham (I). |
| Synopsis | When Wilbur Wolfingham brings his crooked "rags to riches" scheme to Metropolis, Lois decides to reveal his antics and prove to him that "in the end, his schemes only hurt himself"! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel) |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Inks | Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-21-07. |
| Reprinted | in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
| Characters | Hayfoot Henry |
| Genre | detective; humor |
| Pencils | Thurston Harper |
| Inks | Thurston Harper |
| Notes | Art credits verified by Jerry Bails. Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Craig Delich 10-22-08. The Who's Who states Schwartz only wrote this strip from 1946-48. |
| Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Villains: Fiddler, with Sailor, Droop, Spike and the rest of his gang. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Joe Samachson |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.) |
| Characters | Chief Hot Foot |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-21-07. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Joseph Greene (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Congo Bill |
| Genre | jungle |
| Script | Writer "D" |
| Pencils | Edwin Smalle |
| Inks | Edwin Smalle |
| Characters | Zatara |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | William F. White |
| Inks | William F. White |