Issue Details

Issue	#61
Published	June 1943
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	60
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

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

12 page Superman story "The Man They Wouldn't Believe"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; V: Craig Shaw.
Synopsis	Lois writes an article critical of a certain playboy, but it backfires when he falls in love and proposes to her, making even Clark Kent jealous enough to reveal his secret identity to her.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks	Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

Half page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Sgt. David Woody"

Characters	Sgt. David Woody
Genre	fact
Pencils	Cliff Young
Inks	Cliff Young

12 page The Vigilante story "The Cat and the Fiddler"

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

5 page Three Aces story "One Arabian Night"

Characters	Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will.
Genre	adventure
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve
Notes	Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 6 pages). Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

8 page Americommando story "The Dikes of Death"

Characters	Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Genre	war
Script	Joseph Greene
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes	Writer credit from Jerry Bails, via Craig Delich 6/05.

2 page text story "A Dog's Life"

Genre	adventure
Script	Ward George (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "A Blowout in Istanbul"

Characters	Congo Bill
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Edwin Smalle?
Inks	Edwin Smalle?

1 page Private Pete filler

Characters	Pvt. Pete
Genre	military humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

7 page Zatara story "The Man who Stole Magic"

Characters	Zatara
Genre	occult
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Joseph Sulman
Inks	Joseph Sulman
Notes	Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 9 pages).