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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published June 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

12 page Superman story "The Hobby Robbers"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jonathan Spence; Jesse Martin; Villains: Lucius Spruce (the Hobby Napper)(I), Mooch.
Synopsis Clark investigates a series of robberies involving people's hobbies and those items being held for ransom, but when it is revealed that Kent's hobby is collecting clocks, Superman must step in "in time" to save the collection.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Sam Citron (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks George Roussos
Notes Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/06. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-16-08.
Reprinted in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

1 page Molly filler

Characters Molly
Genre gag
Script Ray Houlihan
Pencils Ray Houlihan
Inks Ray Houlihan
Letters Ray Houlihan
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 10-13-07.

10 page Vigilante story "Dirge on a Bull Fiddle"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Villains: The Fiddler, Sailor, Droop.
Genre western
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Charles Paris

4 page Super Sleuth McFooey filler "Growler and Prowler"

Characters Super Sleuth McFooey
Genre humor; crime
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 10-13-07.

6 page Congo Bill story "Renegade Roundup"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle
Inks Edwin Smalle

2 page text story "A Good Sign"

Genre adventure
Script Allan Gerz (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Americommando story "The Return of Dr. Ito"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]; V: Dr. Ito.
Genre war
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Notes Writer credit by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

1 page filler "Our Friends in War, Work & Service"

Genre informational

8 page Zatara story "Rocks of Riches"

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