Action Comics
#63
(August 1943)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-06-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 ([July] 2005)
- in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 (2016 [February 2017])
- in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
-
- Keywords
- Japanese fighter planes; stereotyping of the Japanese
Indexer Notes
Art confirmed by Burnley.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Lions on the Hunt
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.33 page
- Script
- Josette Frank (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
When Stars Collide!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)
- Pencils
- Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Jaspar Meekins; Professor Praline (villain); Praline's gang (villains); Spike Yaeger (villain); Yaeger's gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- When Clark Kent observes the collision of two suns in outer space, the resulting electrical showers cause him to lose his memory. Then a wily criminal convinces the Man of Steel he is actually a criminal named Muscles Moony, and puts him to work battling a rival gang...all in the guise of Superman!
- 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])
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc.
Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's an old saying that trouble comes in threes...
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; The Dummy (villain)
Indexer Notes
Inker credit added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Woozy World / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wouldn't this be a woozy world...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.
Leatherneck Luck!
3 Aces / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The U.S. Marines, at whose name the treacherous, back-stabbing Japs quail...
- 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.
A Right in der Fuehrer's Face!
Americommando / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bloated with loot, Hitler gigantically menaces the whole world's welfare!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Peter Populis; Adolf Hitler (villain); Heinrich Himmler (villain); Max Schmeling (villain); Hans Kranz (villain)
- Synopsis
- Americommando challenges Hitler to a boxing match, but instead must fight one of the strongest men in the Reich, Hans Kranz.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit per Jerry Bails.
This story takes place before the Americommando story in Action Comics #62, since Tex Thomson meets Peter Populis for the first time in this issue, while in #62 they have already met.
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This being a guard isn't bad...
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Pvt. Pete
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
The Curse of Cotelleria!
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Forgotten for these many years is the island...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Bill discovers an Axis plan to invade Malta via a tunnel from another Mediterranean island.
- Keywords
- Cotelleria (Mediterranean island); Germany; Italy; Malta; medieval Knights of Malta; tunneling; World War II
Crazy Scheme
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It felt cool there in the shade of the...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Zeke; Paul
The Pirate of Pleasure!
Zatara / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Joe Sulman (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sulman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From storm-tossed seas drifts lilting music, as...
- Feature Logo
- Zatara the Master Magician
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara; Pirate of Pleasure (villain)
Indexer Notes
Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 9 pages).
Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Monster Man is very dangerous, so remember--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Monster Man
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
Lions on the Hunt
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
Supermen of America
-
4.
When Stars Collide!
Superman -
5.
["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
-
6.
Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc.
Vigilante -
7.
["Wouldn't this be a woozy world..."]
Woozy World -
8.
Leatherneck Luck!
3 Aces -
9.
A Right in der Fuehrer's Face!
Americommando -
10.
["This being a guard isn't bad..."]
Private Pete -
11.
The Curse of Cotelleria!
Congo Bill -
12.
Crazy Scheme
-
13.
The Pirate of Pleasure!
Zatara -
14.
[no title indexed]
Lightning Ju-Jitsu -
15.
[no title indexed]
Publishers Art Service -
16.
Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- John Pannozzi
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Sean Williams
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