Action Comics #68

(January 1944)

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Electric Football / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman Meets Susie! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

George Roussos (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Susie Tompkins (Lois Lane's niece); Lois Lane; Perry White; Hank Beaker; Tug Graff; Sparky Hahn; Beaker Beales

Synopsis

The wild stories that Susie relates to Lois and Clark pique the interest of Superman, who discovers one of her crazy stories happens to be true!

Reprints

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 ([July] 2005)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 ([July] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Story gives the impression this is Superman's first meeting with Susie, but she actually appeared in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #59. Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

You're Ready for Action! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Imagine - I'm getting airplane instruction today!

Genre

humor; military

The Duke Goes to the Dogs! (Table of Contents: 5)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks

Joe Kubert (signed as Joe)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That prize package of the underworld, Duke Daggett...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Duke Daggett (crook); Pierrepont Vanderhof; The Earl of Bullingthrow; Marshall Pettibone

Synopsis

Stuff grooms his dog to enter into a big dog show, hoping to win the $10,000 prize. Gangster Duke Daggett has the same idea. Swanky contestants hand over entrance fees to the steward, and Daggett's gang decide to rob one of them at home. Stuff overhears them and tells Greg. That evening, as the crooks are holding guns on the Vanderhofs, Vigilante and Stuff interrupt. Much to everybody's surprise (except Stuff himself) Stuff's dog walks away with the first prize. They decide to donate the $10,000 to the Allied War Chest.

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes.

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

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Romeo, the Robot / 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

Come down off that pole this minute...

Genre

humor

The Ancient Incas! (Table of Contents: 8)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

On the snow-capped mountains of Peru...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill

Synopsis

Bill prevents lost Incan gold from making its way into German hands.

Keywords

ancient Incas; German Heer; gold; masks; Peru; the Andes; United States Navy; Wehrmacht; World War II

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

The Sea Snake (Table of Contents: 10)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Review of The Sea Snake by Stephen W. Meader, illustrated by Edward Shenton.

Between Dishonor and Death (Table of Contents: 11)

Americommando / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Bernard Baily (credited, signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a war, a rash act can be almost as disastrous as treason!

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Americommando [Tex Thomson]

Synopsis

Americommando is at Pacific base headquarters when a message comes through from the marines holding a strategic position on an island stronghold. A convoy is en route with supplies and reinforcements, but there is no way to contact the island. Americommando flies to deliver a message, but is shot from the skies and picked up by a Japanese battleship, which he manages to blow up.

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Jerry Bails via Craig Delich. Artist signature in final panel.

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

Bike-ology (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I got hungry while I was painting it!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags.

Double Twist (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Trent

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes Superman's Secret Message and the Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comic Magazines.

The Pictures That Walked (Table of Contents: 16)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Sulman

Inks

Joe Sulman

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Have you ever seen a portrait walking?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Arthur Arton (art forger)

Synopsis

Zatara is helping to sell War Bonds at the City Art Museum rally. Afterwards, he notices something phony about Gainsborough's painting of The Blue Boy. Using magic, he gets the blue boy to tell that he is just a copy of the original. He then spots a pair of suspicious-looking characters with a swag sack, and has the original blue boy inside the sack tell of his pedigree. Many other paintings are also forgeries, and the characters tell Zatara the forger's name was Arton. They attack Arton in his own home, and the original paintings are restored to the museum.

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Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)