Action Comics #69

(February 1944)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Books for Your Christmas List / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Josette Frank

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Lost-and-Found Mystery! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel ? (signed)

Pencils:

Sam Citron [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Don Komisarow [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; G. Clamm; J. Roger; The Prankster

Synopsis:

Clark and Lois are mystified by ads in the Daily Planet offering huge sums of money for the recovery of lost items. But Superman gets involved when Lois disappears, thanks to the Prankster!

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 ([March] 2007)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Blue "S" on cape. Credits changed to match credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

Here's Get Up and Go (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Shh! There's a machine-gun unit out there giving us a lot of trouble!

Genre:

humor; military

Characters:

Pvt. Pete

The Little Men Who Were There! (Table of Contents: 6)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Mort] (signed)

Inks:

Joe Kubert [as Joe] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero; western-frontier

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

Reprints:

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #3 (November 1972)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[The Rain Maker] (Table of Contents: 8)

Vitamin Vic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Vitamin Vic

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

Kangaroo Capers! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Edwin Smalle

Inks:

Edwin Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Nellie (kangaroo); Muggles

Synopsis:

Bill battles Australian sheep rustlers.

Keywords:

Australia; horses; kangaroos; Limey Lou; sheep

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

--And, brother, that's what's helping us...

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

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Boy - Was I a goat!

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Clancy the Cop

Traitor's Bait! (Table of Contents: 12)

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]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails.

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

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

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

Handy Andy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Farr

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Howdy folks!

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Handy Andy

Indexer Notes

Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

Revenge, Rationed (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Miller [as Tod Mallon] (credited)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

East Meets West! (Table of Contents: 16)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman ?

Inks:

Joseph Sulman ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

The Weather Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie and the Secret Weapon! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)