Issue Details

Issue	#72
Published	May 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 "Superman and the Super-Movers"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Grogan; Mr. Bixley; V: Oberleutnant Karl Brumer, Joe Drew, Mr. Sniggle.
Synopsis	Superman compares himself to construction workers and heavy crane operators as he helps the owners of "Super Movers" against a rival, who is trying to buy the owner out in order to use the business as a front for robbery.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	Art credits added by Bob Hughes 07/06. Much info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-16-08.
Reprinted	in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

1 page Private Pete filler

Characters	Pvt. Pete
Genre	military humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

10 page Vigilante story "The Guns of Killer Haines"

Characters	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; V: Killer Haines.
Genre	western
Script	Joe Samachson?
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Notes	Writer id by Bob Hughes 07/06.

4 page Super Sleuth McFooey filler "The Perfect Double"

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.

1 page Superman public service announcement "Be A Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos

6 page Congo Bill story "Choose Your Weapon"

Characters	Congo Bill
Genre	jungle
Script	Joe Samachson?
Pencils	Edwin Smalle
Inks	Edwin Smalle
Notes	Writer id by Bob Hughes 07/06.

2 page text story "Out of Nowhere"

Genre	adventure
Script	Alan Cabot (signed)
Letters	typeset

8 page Americommando story "Cargoes of Death"

Characters	Americommando [Tex Thomson]; V: Admiral Numa and Captain Saki.
Synopsis	Americommando is in Tokyo, disguised as a Nazi officer.
Genre	war
Script	Joseph Greene
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes	Writer credit by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

8 page Zatara story "Magic Knights"

Characters	Zatara; Merlin; Bob Banton.
Genre	occult
Pencils	Joseph Sulman?
Inks	Joseph Sulman?
Notes	Zatara states his powers are based on science and nothing more than hypnotism and illusion.