| Issue | #81 |
| Published | February 1945 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Notes | Issue reprinted as Special Edition #2 for U.S. Navy w/simplified text. |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | Issue reprinted as Special Edition #2 for U.S. Navy w/simplified text. |
| Reprinted | in Special Edition [U.S. Navy] (DC, 1944 series) #2; in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen [un-named]; John Nicholas; Jason; Ted; Ned; V: Fancy Dan. |
| Synopsis | John Nicholas' dream of building "Fairyland Isle", whose admission is absolutely free to poor kids, seems not to be ready for the Christmas season opening until Santa 'Superman' Claus steps in to make it a reality. Open it does, but the dis-inherited heirs of the man who provided their playland provide their share of sabotage. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | ? (signed as Jerry Siegel) |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Inks | Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Notes | A Christmas story. 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 | Thuston 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. |
| Characters | Congo Bill |
| Genre | jungle |
| Script | Writer "D" |
| Pencils | John Daly |
| Inks | John Daly |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Fred Whitby (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Chinatown Kid. |
| 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? |