Action Comics #76

(September 1944)

A Voyage to Destiny (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka

Inks:

Ed Dobrotka ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Fred Carson; Black Patch

Synopsis:

Young Fred Carson is told on his father's death bed that he will inherit his father's fortune IF he will take that ship and follow the same course his father had before him that earned him all those riches. He does, not realizing that he will soon run afoul of Black Patch, a man that once lost an eye to Fred's father during a fight!

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-18-07.

The Damaged Boulevard (Table of Contents)

Hayfoot Henry / filler / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [same art as last issue]

Inks:

Stan Kaye [same art as last issue]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective; humor

Characters:

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? and pencil credit revised from Stan Kaye? to ? by Craig Delich 10-21-08. The Who's Who lists Schwartz as writer only from 1946-48 and Kaye as inker only in 1944.

The Mountain Without a Top (Table of Contents)

The Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

none (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 0.66 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 10-18-07.

The Trapped Trappers (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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Quiz Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr (signed as Prof. Qwak Wakk)

Pencils:

Jack Farr (signed as Prof. Qwak Wakk}

Inks:

Jack Farr (signed as Prof. Qwak Wakk)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 10-18-07.

On the Hoof (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Udall? (signed as Tod Loury)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Walk of Death (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

William F. White?

Inks:

William F. White?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara