Action Comics #74

(July 1944)

Tops in Comics! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Courtship of Adelbert Dribble! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

H. L. Gold (signed as Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

George Roussos (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

"All's fair in love and war"

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Adelbert Dribble; Bertha Bigge; Turtle Baxter

Synopsis

Adelbert Dribble traps Superman in order to pose as him and win the affections of his one and true love...but he gets more than he bargained for!

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

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: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Wheels of Jeopardy! (Table of Contents: 4)

Vigilante / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the stirring saga of a hazardous profession...

Genre

adventure; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Jerry Goshen; Ted Goshen; Fonzi (crook); Bartier the jeweler

Synopsis

Jerry Goshen is an ace motorcycle racer. He and The Vigilante compete in a race, and Goshen is knocked off his cycle. Goshen goes to a loan shark, Fonzi, to borrow a grand, but is refused, and becomes a thief to pay for his son's leg operation. He later brings the gang to justice and returns to the straight and narrow.

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Carnage at the Carnival (Table of Contents: 6)

Super-Sleuth McFooey / 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; detective-mystery

Characters

Super-Sleuth McFooey

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Poacher's Paradise! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

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Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congo Bill, far-roving terror of thieves and traitors...

Genre

adventure; drama; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Killer Krake

Synopsis

Bill is in the South Pacific, charting islands for the government. He subsequently captures a group of pearl poachers who have their own floating, motor-powered island.

Keywords

cartography; Pacific Ocean; pearls

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Sugarpuss / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Ray McGill (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee - Whiskers! There must be somethin' we can do to help!

Genre

humor

Characters

Sugar Puss

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Page count corrected by Dean Brovold via the GCD Error Tracker.

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Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Flight into Freedom! (Table of Contents: 10)

Americommando / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Greene

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

That sinister master of treachery and assassination - - Dr. Ito...

Genre

war

Characters

Americommando [Tex Thomson aka Dr. Brand]; Dr. Ito (villain)

Synopsis

In Tokyo harbor Americommando sabotages a Japanese warship. In his disguise as Nazi officer Dr. Brand, he receives a visit from Dr. Ito. Brand is invited to join Ito in a bombing run to America, tied to one of the bombs! He escapes his bonds, drops the bombs harmlessly in the ocean and flies on the the west coast of America.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Jerry Bails. Last in series.

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Trouble Waters (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Barry Blane (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Lions' Den! (Table of Contents: 14)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Sulman

Inks

Joe Sulman

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What happens when the snarling monarchs of fang and claw...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Zoo Director Harker; Boss Bannon (crook); Trigger Toomey (crook)

Synopsis

Speaking with Harker, director of the city's new zoo, he learns that six criminals have committed suicide by jumping into the lion's enclosure. At that very moment, Boss Bannon eludes the policemen giving chase by doing just that. He runs up to the lions and seconds later only his jacket is visible. Zatara goes into the pit and finds a trapdoor cut into the rock leading down to a chamber where the apparent suicides are gathered. The scheme of Harker is exposed, and all are carted off to jail.

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Mathematics Made Simple / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)