| Issue | #82 |
| Published | March 1945 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | Superman; Lois Lane |
| 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; Nellie Thornley; V: the Water Sprite [Kenneth Darby, I]. |
| Synopsis | Superman investigates the allegations of a young woman about the existence of a "water sprite", all a hoax to keep the authorities from discovering cheap materials that had been used in building a dam. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | ? (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 by Jerry Bails. Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Craig Delich 10-23-08. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48. |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Raymond Perry |
| Inks | Raymond Perry |
| Characters | Congo Bill |
| Genre | jungle |
| Script | Writer "D" |
| Pencils | John Daly |
| Inks | John Daly |
| Characters | Packy |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Ted Udall? (signed as Ted Loury) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders] |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Joe Samachson |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.) |
| Characters | Zatara |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | William F. White |
| Inks | William F. White |