Issue Details

Issue	#71
Published	April 1944
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	60
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Valentine Villainy"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Burnley
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

12 page Superman story "Valentine Villainy"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Betty Roxmore; Villains: the Count, Spike, Leek, Paddy.
Synopsis	Superman and Jimmy have much the same problem: what to buy their respective girlfriends for Valentine's Day.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron [signed as Jerry Siegel]
Pencils	Ira Yarbrough [signed as Joe Shuster]
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.
Reprinted	in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

1 page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters	Clancy the Cop
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

10 page Vigilante story "Alias Mr. Sunshine"

Characters	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Villains: The Rainbow Man (I), Shakes (I), Dictionary (I).
Genre	western
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Mort Meskin

4 page Super Sleuth McFooey filler "The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables"

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 10-12-07.

6 page Congo Bill story "Desert Danger"

Characters	Congo Bill
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Edwin Smalle
Inks	Edwin Smalle

8 page Americommando story "Mission for Freedom"

Characters	Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Genre	war
Script	Joseph Greene
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes	Writer credit by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

2 page text story "Best in the House"

Genre	adventure
Script	Ted Udall? (signed as Ted Loury)
Letters	typeset

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters	Clancy the Cop
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.

8 page Zatara story "The Idol on the Island"

Characters	Zatara
Genre	occult
Pencils	Joseph Sulman?
Inks	Joseph Sulman?