Action Comics #64

(September 1943)

The Terrible Toyman! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; The Toyman [Winslow Percival Schott] (villain)

Synopsis:

The Toyman uses toys to commit two robberies, but after Superman foils his third robbery, the Toyman snatches Lois Lane and is about to kill her with poisonous dolls, when Superman discovers his hidden lair, frees Lois, and turns The Toyman over to the police.

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 ([May] 2005)
• in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([October] 2005)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 ([December] 2016)

Keywords:

Metropolis

The Treasure of Dead Man's Key! (Table of Contents: 2)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Charles Paris ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; Cinthy (introduction); Poison (villain); Chopper (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Jitters Jeep / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.

Gift of Death (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Eric Drake (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

detective-mystery

The Inquisitive Ostrich! (Table of Contents: 5)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Don Cameron

Pencils:

Edwin Smalle ?

Inks:

Edwin Smalle ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Van'thelder [von Helder]

Synopsis:

Bill thwarts a plan by an ersatz ostrich farmer to capture a ship off the coast of South Africa.

Keywords:

automobiles; Fort Bixby; Germany; hand grenades; lions; ostriches; paratroops; radios; South Africa; World War II

Peter, the Small! (Table of Contents: 6)

Americommando / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Script:

Joseph Greene

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Peter Populis; Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 6/05. Corrected page count from 8.

Quiet...Thugs at Work! (Table of Contents: 7)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara