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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published April 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman; the Nazis (Villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005)

13 page Superman story "Cinderella -- a la Superman"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Susie Tompkins (Intro)
Synopsis Clark Kent, believing that he has a date with Lois, finds out he is to babysit her sister's daughter Susie. When Clark sits down to read to her, he falls asleep and that initiates a dream sequence in which Superman re-enacts the Cinderella story.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-22-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005)

1 page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark"

Characters Mark W. Clark
Genre fact
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young

12 page The Vigilante story "Fiddler's Fee"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Fiddler (Villain; Intro)
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Inks Charles Paris
Notes This Fiddler is not the same villain as Flash's.

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 9-22-08.

6 page Three Aces story "Sky Knights of Malta"

Characters Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 90-22-08.

8 page Americommando story "Missive for Mussolini"

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

Half page Shorty filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-22-08.

2 page text story "The Scarecrow"

Genre mystery
Script Willis Blaine (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Phantom Warriors"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle
Inks Edwin Smalle

9 page Zatara story "Crime Takes a Detour"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman