(October 1944)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series
The Headline Hoax
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
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]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Amos Amster; Thomas Todd; Joe; Prankster
- Synopsis:
- The Prankster disguises himself as a blind news dealer and manufactures Daily Planet headlines to con certain people so that he can make a profit off of them!
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Writer correction 9/07 from John Wells. Previously credited to Don Cameron. Action Archives credits this story to Don Cameron. Oddity: in the last panel of page 10, Prankster is reading a copy of "The Daily Star" [the first newspaper Clark kent worked for]. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-20-07.
The Punctured Picture
Hayfoot Henry / filler / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective; humor
- Characters:
- Hayfoot Henry
Indexer Notes
Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? and penciller credit revised from Stan Kaye to ? by Craig Delich 10-21-08. The Who's Who lists Alvin Schwartz as writer only from 1946-48 and Stan Kaye only as inker in 1944.
The Rainbow Man sees Red
The Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: Rainbow Man.
none
Clancy the Cop / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Characters:
- Clancy
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-20-07.
The Leaping Leopard
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edwin Smalle?
- Inks:
- Edwin Smalle?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Congo Bill
Terror's Victim
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ted Udall? (signed as Tod Loury)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
The Pranks of Pan
Zatara / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- William F. White?
- Inks:
- William F. White?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Zatara
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Headline Hoax
Superman -
2.
The Punctured Picture
Hayfoot Henry -
3.
The Rainbow Man sees Red
The Vigilante -
4.
none
Clancy the Cop -
5.
The Leaping Leopard
Congo Bill -
6.
Terror's Victim
-
7.
The Pranks of Pan
Zatara
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Tony R. Rose
- Mike Nielsen
- Merlin Haas
- Daniel Thingvold
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- John Greb
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- Lou Mazzella
- Carlos Tasada
- John Douglas Miceli
- Kyle Weber
- Terry Watkins
- Allen Ross
- Jerry Hillegas
- Gregory Fischer
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
- Ed Boner
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