Action Comics #62

(July 1943)

How to Make Your Body Bring You Fame ...Instead of Shame! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

There'll Always Be a Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Sam Citron (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Don Komisarow (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Have you been worried about what will...

Feature Logo

Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Captain Storme; Captain Zeb Storme; The Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

In the year 2143, Captain Storme recounts for his grandchildren what it was like in 1943, when the Nazis and other criminals ran rampant and the likes of Superman put a halt to their evil, greedy plans for loot and murder.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 ([July] 2005)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 (2016 [February 2017])

Indexer Notes

Credits from Siegel's records.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Secret Voyage (Table of Contents: 4)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank (credited)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Of all the ways to hunt for treasure, Tommy...

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Crime Carnival! (Table of Contents: 7)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The little northern town of Arcturus is all dressed...

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; GUEST: Mayor McGlurk; VILLAIN: Mr. Mungo

The Loyal Traitor! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No crime is blacker than treason to...

Genre

adventure; aviation

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.

The Blitz Barge! (Table of Contents: 9)

Americommando / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That sinister expert of assassination, Dr. Ito, son of a...

Genre

war

Characters

Americommando [Tex Thomson]; GUEST: Peter Populis; VILLAINS: Dr. Ito; Dr. Atescu (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Superman; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There must be some baseball fans up there!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags. Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Island of Peril! (Table of Contents: 13)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Dave Jenkins (introduction); Eskimos; Uglo; VILLAINS: Japanese navy

Synopsis

On a remote Arctic island, Congo Bill must battle a troop of Japanese troops seeking to fortify a stronghold close to the U.S. mainland.

Keywords

Alaska; Beaufort Sea; decoys; Japanese Imperial Navy; radios; sea mines; seaplanes; stereotyping of the Japanese; submarines; World War II

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Spencer Fireworks Co. / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Murder in the Dark (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Will Holmes (credited) (house name)

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Money Buyer (Table of Contents: 17)

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He bought money, this man, and paid...

Feature Logo

Zatara the Master Magician

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara; VILLAIN: Mark Golden

Synopsis

Through a wealthy friend, Zatara hears of a man paying outrageous sums for petty change. Upon investigation, he finds that the change is the key to unlocking a millionaire's safe.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Knickerbocker Pub. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Arco Publishing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)