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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published August 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Back cover has Captain Tootsie ad by C.C. Beck.

Cover Details

Characters Superman; V: the Japanese.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover has Captain Tootsie ad by C.C. Beck.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

12 page Superman story "When Stars Collide"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Jaspar Meekins; Villains: Professor Praline & his gang; Spike Yaeger & his gang.
Synopsis When Clark Kent observes the collision of two suns in outer space, the resulting electrical showers cause him to lose his memory. Then a wily criminal convinces the Man of Steel he is actually a criminal named Muscles Moony, and puts him to work battling a rival gang....all in the guise of Superman!
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)
Pencils Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

12 page The Vigilante story "Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc."

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Dummy.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Charles Paris?
Notes Inker credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

1 page Woozy World filler

Genre fact
Script Jack Farr?
Pencils Jack Farr?
Inks Jack Farr?
Letters Jack Farr?
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

5 page Three Aces story "Leatherneck Luck"

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

8 page Americommando story "A Right in der Fuehrer's Face"

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

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.

6 page Congo Bill story "The Curse of Catellaria"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

1 page text story "Crazy Scheme"

Genre adventure
Script Will Ledge (signed)
Letters typeset

8 page Zatara story "The Pirate of Pleasure"

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).