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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published April 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Hocus and Pocus Magicians By Accident"

Characters Superman; Hocus; Pocus
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks John Sikela ?
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

12 page Superman story "Hocus and Pocus...Magicians by Accident!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Hocus (Doc)(I); Pocus (Flannelhead) (I); V: Hijack Dorley.
Synopsis A pair of would-be magicians believe they have magicial powers, and a crime boss sees them 'perform', intending on using those abilities for make him some quick illegal cash!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks Joe Shuster (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-21-07.
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

5 page Hayfoot Henry story "Custom Tailored Crime"

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.

6 page Congo Bill story "Wild Horses"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly
Notes John Daly verified as artist [rather than Howard Sherman, who drew it in 1945] by Craig Delich 10-23-08.

2 page text story "In the Soup"

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

Half page The Boners filler

Genre humor
Pencils Lit-Win (pen name)
Inks Lit-Win (pen name)

10 page The Vigilante story "A Fortune for a Fossil"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre western
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

8 page Zatara story "The Innocent Thief"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White