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Issue Details

Issue #58
Published March 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

13 page Superman story "The Face of Adonis"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Adonis [John Trevor] (Villain; Intro; Death); Doctor Menace (Villain; Intro; Death)
Synopsis An insane plastic surgeon gives an aging actor a rubber face and will not restore his looks unless he pulls some jobs involving his wealthy friends.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks John Sikela?
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005)

1 page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Corporal Franklin Kooms"

Characters Franklin Kooms
Genre fact
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

12 page The Vigilante story "The Dummy and the Dumbbell"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Dummy (Villain)
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)
Inks Charles Paris

6 page Three Aces story "Double-X for the Axis"

Characters Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
Genre adventure; aviation
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

8 page Americommando story "The Brigade of the Biting Rabbit"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Genre war
Script Jospeh Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

2 page text story "Costly Lesson"

Genre adventure
Script Tom Victory (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Full-Dress Rebellion"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle
Inks Edwin Smalle

Half page Gags filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Seven Year Itch"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman