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

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Inks

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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 (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Don Komisarow (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Needles and pins...

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 ([May] 2007)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 ([July] 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 (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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 [Western hero] / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort)

Inks

Joe Kubert (signed as Joe)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A midget in stature, but a giant in criminal intellect...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Dummy

Synopsis

The Vigilante battles The Dummy, who is using a shrinking ray to shrink himself and his gang in order to commit crimes.

Reprints

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #3 (November 1972)
• in DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

[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

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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

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Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Be kind to animals" is a good motto...

Genre

adventure; drama; 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)

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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 (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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 (credited, signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (credited, signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

There is no rest for anyone until the enemy is destroyed!

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Americommando [Tex Thomson]; General Mao; Captain Ping; Colonel Kung

Synopsis

Americommando stops at a little village on the India/China border for some rest, but there is none, as a man is being murdered down the hall. He is arrested on suspicion, but escapes and uncovers a plot to sell arms to the Japanese.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails.

Baily signs in the final panel.

[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

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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 (credited as Tod Mallon)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

East Meets West! (Table of Contents: 16)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Sulman

Inks

Joe Sulman

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

"East is East...and West is West..."

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]

Synopsis

A group of eastern swamis visit America, but Zatara counters their evil spells with those of his own.

[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 / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)