Action Comics
#65
(October 1943)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-08-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Million-Dollar Marathon
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley
- Inks
- Jack Burnley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- 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: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 (2016 [February 2017])
-
- Keywords
- cash registers
Indexer Notes
Art confirmed by Jack Burnley.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Thomas Jefferson
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Million-Dollar Marathon!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- 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
- Since we don't know anybody who wouldn't...
- Feature Logo
Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Truman Treadwell (death); Roger; Lawton; Brandon (villain); Tug Moxton (villain)
- Synopsis
- A dying multi-millionaire challenges his nephew Roger to spend $1 million in one day, and if he can, $2 million of the estate will go to a children's hospital. Otherwise, the money will no to the other no-good nephew, Brandon.
- 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])
-
- 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]
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!
The Bard of Banditry!
Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lock the barn door before Pegasus, winged steed...
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; VILLAINS: Shakes, Two-Gun Phidias (introduction), Muscles Rembrandt (introduction)
[no title indexed]
Jitters Jeep / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Farr (signed as O. Shux)
- Pencils
- Jack Farr (signed as O. Shux)
- Inks
- Jack Farr (signed as O. Shux)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jack Farr
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Foreigners! Nothing but foreigners...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.
Storm over the Bering!
Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the fog-shrouded Bering Sea, eternal vigilance is...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Congo Bill; VILLAINS: pirates
- Synopsis
- Bill investigates and captures a piracy ring in the Bering Sea.
- Keywords
- Alaska; Attu Island; Bering Sea; commercial fishing; Coston flares; piracy; sailboats; seaplanes; United States Coast Guard; World War II
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They tell me he's a second Looie!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Pvt. Pete
Schickelgruber's Nightmare!
Americommando / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Joseph Greene
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Truth, crushed to Earth by Axis tyranny, rises again...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Americommando [Tex Thomson]; GUEST: Professor Hrja (death); VILLAIN: Adolf Hitler,
Indexer Notes
Writer credit per Jerry Bails.
Fifth Columnist
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The summer sun beat down on the trees.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- James Oglethorpe
[no title indexed]
Hank the Yank / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kepp 'em flyin', folks!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hank
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.
The Riddle of the Tired Thespians!
Zatara / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The big event in the lives of summer residents at...
- Feature Logo
- Zatara the Master Magician
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara
Indexer Notes
Page count corrected by Mario Mastrangelo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Million-Dollar Marathon
Superman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
Thomas Jefferson
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
The Million-Dollar Marathon!
Superman -
4.
Power Start
Wheaties -
5.
["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
-
6.
The Bard of Banditry!
Vigilante -
7.
["Foreigners! Nothing but foreigners..."]
Jitters Jeep -
8.
Storm over the Bering!
Congo Bill -
9.
Like Action? Here's Plenty of It!
Headline Comics; Prize Comics -
10.
["They tell me he's a second Looie!"]
Private Pete -
11.
Schickelgruber's Nightmare!
Americommando -
12.
[no title indexed]
World's Finest Comics -
13.
Fifth Columnist
-
14.
["Kepp 'em flyin', folks!"]
Hank the Yank -
15.
Energy for Emergencies!
Baby Ruth -
16.
The Riddle of the Tired Thespians!
Zatara -
17.
[no title indexed]
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
18.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
19.
[no title indexed]
Knickerbocker Pub. Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Sean Williams
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