Action Comics #64

(September 1943)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Mounted Messenger by Cornelia Meigs (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes "Superman's Secret Message" and enrollment coupon for Supermen of America.

The Terrible Toyman! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Sam Citron (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Don Komisarow

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Children aren't the only ones who find fascination in toys!

Feature Logo

Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

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 ([July] 2005)
• in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([December] 2005)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 (2016 [February 2017])
• in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)

Keywords

Metropolis

Indexer Notes

Credits corrected to match Siegel's records for Action 66 based on 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) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Treasure of Dead Man's Key! (Table of Contents: 5)

Vigilante [Western hero] / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

Charles Paris ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A century after shipwrecked sea robbers perished on...

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

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

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

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

Script

Jack Farr

Pencils

Jack Farr

Inks

Jack Farr

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Farr

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Note: a jeep will get you anywhere

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

Gift of Death (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eric Drake (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

For a long time after his visitor had...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Hendrick Van Horn; Kapitan Koch

Are You "Pre-Flight" Material? (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Inquisitive Ostrich! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Ed Smalle ?

Inks

Ed Smalle ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nobody can guess what an ostrich will do...

Genre

jungle; adventure

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: 10)

Americommando / comic story / 7.67 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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Prize Comics; Headline Comics / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Quiet...Thugs at Work! (Table of Contents: 12)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Sulman (as Joseph Sulman) (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (as Joseph Sulman) (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Zatara the Master Magician

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara

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

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)