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Issue Details

Issue #66
Published November 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

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

12 page Superman story "The Boy Who Came Back"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jackie Barnett; John Barnett [D]; Villains: Ferret, Roscoe Rinser, Sparks Barron
Synopsis When the nephew of a millionaire falls into the river and is presumed lost, he offers $1 million for the safe return of the boy. However, Jackie overhears mobsters say that he really isn't the nephew in question, but the millionaire wants to adopt him anyway.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks George Roussos
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

10 page Vigilante story "The Sword of Destiny"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Joe Kubert

4 page Vitamin Vic filler

Characters Vic
Genre teen humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr
Letters Jack Farr
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.

6 page Congo Bill story "The Talking Trees"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

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 9-24-08.

8 page Americommando story "Burma Remembers"

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

1 page Quiz Quix activity

Script Jack Farr? (signed as Prof. Pfoofph)
Pencils Jack Farr? (signed as Prof. Pfoofph)
Inks Jack Farr? (signed as Prof. Pfoofph)
Letters Jack Farr?
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.

2 page text story "Mission of Danger"

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

8 page Zatara story "Circus Daze"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman