Action Comics #61

(June 1943)

The Man They Wouldn't Believe (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka (signed)[as Joe Shuster]

Inks:

Ed Dobrotka (signed)[as Joe Shuster]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Craig Shaw (villain)

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.

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

Sgt. David Woody (Table of Contents)

Supermen of the U.S. Army / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Cliff Young

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Sgt. David Woody

The Cat and the Fiddler (Table of Contents)

The Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Jr.)

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Fiddler (villain)

One Arabian Night (Table of Contents)

Three Aces / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]

Indexer Notes

Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 6 pages). Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

The Dikes of Death (Table of Contents)

Americommando / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph Greene

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Americommando [Tex Thomson]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Jerry Bails, via Craig Delich 6/05.

A Dog's Life (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ward George (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

A Blowout in Istanbul (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Edwin Smalle?

Inks:

Edwin Smalle?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill

none (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

military humor

Characters:

Pvt. Pete

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

The Man who Stole Magic (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara

Indexer Notes

Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 9 pages).