Action Comics #76

(September 1944)

Editorial Advisory Board Superman DC Comic Magazines (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

A Voyage to Destiny! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger (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

All ashore that's going ashore!

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 ([May] 2007)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 ([July] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Damaged Boulevard! (Table of Contents: 5)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (same artist as previous issue)

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Each town has some peculiarity...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

Alvin Schwartz script credit and possible Stan Kaye pencils credit removed by Craig Delich. The Who's Who lists Schwartz as writer only from 1946-48 and Kaye as inker only in 1944.

The text is written in rhyming couplets.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Mountain Without a Top! (Table of Contents: 7)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sinister, still unexplored, it towers up and up into the blue...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Pierre Vantan; Red Eagle; Stickney (crook)

Synopsis

Greg and Stuff are out west on vacation. No Top Mountain, which towers over their hotel, is in a near constant state of rockslides. A race up the mountain has been announced, and Pierre Vantan, famed rock climber, is favorite to win. Stickney has discovered an pocket of gold at the top of the mountain and is causing the rockslides to discourage climbers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.67 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

You take over for the cook today!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Pvt. Pete

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Trapped Trappers! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That intrepid world traveler, Congo Bill...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Barton; Foxy

Synopsis

Bill is up near the Arctic Circle, where he captures a band of fur thieves.

Keywords

airplanes; Arctic Circle; snares; snow; snowshoes; trapping

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public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

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That's right, folks...

Genre

advocacy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Quiz Quix / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Farr

Pencils

Jack Farr

Inks

Jack Farr

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Farr

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here we are again, chillins...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

On the Hoof (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Udall (credited as Tod Lowry)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Walk of Death! (Table of Contents: 15)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William White ?

Inks

William White ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Daring wire-walkers balance nimble feet and risk their lives to entertain you...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Danton; The Tumbling Tollinis

Synopsis

Zatara is booked to perform at a theatre, but it is the Tumbling Tollinis who are the major attraction. Men hired by the manager of a rival theatre rig the high wire with electricity, which causes a number of accidents, until Zatara exposes their plot.

These Can Be Yours (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Energy When You Need It! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)