Action Comics #80

(January 1945)

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) (Expand) /

Superman; Batman; Boy Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Mr. Mxyztplk Returns! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel)

Pencils

Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you remember that gnomish nuisance from an unknown dimension...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk

Synopsis

When unusual and weird things begin affecting Clark Kent, there is only one answer for it: that imp from another dimension has returned, and that means more headaches for the Man of Tomorrow!

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #1 ([November 27] 1944) [Story re-written with simplified text.]
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #272 (February 1974)
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1975 ([februar] 1975)
• 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

Mr. Mxyztplk first appeared in Superman #30.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Riddle of the Reservoir! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Whitney Ellsworth

Pencils

John Daly

Inks

John Daly

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For Congo Bill, it's a case of no rest from the wicked...

Genre

adventure; crime; jungle

Characters

Congo Bill; Horace Manton; Miggs Horgan

Synopsis

Bill stumbles into a plot to cover the tracks of racketeers Manton and Horgan.

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #1 ([November 27] 1944) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Keywords

Hubb City; Hubb City Daily Zenith (newspaper)

Indexer Notes

The story takes place in a city setting, not the jungle.

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The Big All-American Comic Book / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grandpa Peters / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom McNamara (signed as Lefty O'Grady)

Pencils

Tom McNamara (signed as Lefty O'Grady)

Inks

Tom McNamara (signed as Lefty O'Grady)

Colors

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Letters

Tom McNamara

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you ever play baseball, Grandpa?

Genre

humor

Characters

Grandpa Peters

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #1 ([November 27] 1944) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

The Pillager of the Parthenon! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the tiny nation of Greece...

Genre

adventure; drama; superhero; western-frontier

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Jake Spencer; Sam Sarantaki; Jeff Guthrie; Dirty Dan

Synopsis

Greek patriots smuggled out a quantity of gems, which they intend to sell to finance further activities. Reporter Jake Spencer apparently steals the gems, but he is being framed by Sam Sarantak.

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #1 ([November 27] 1944) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 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

This sounds swell!

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop

Indexer Notes

Script credit added by Craig Delich.

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

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Escape by Night (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Second page in inside back cover.

The Hair That Wasn't There! (Table of Contents: 13)

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Thurston Harper

Inks

Thurston Harper

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the queer rhyming town of Sleepyside...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hayfoot Henry

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #1 ([November 27] 1944) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Jerry Bails. Alvin Schwartz script credit removed by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.

The text is written in rhyming couplet.

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tumbling Timber! (Table of Contents: 15)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

William White

Inks

William White

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When a raging fire wipes out a forest...

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jack Rand; Jeff Lund; Zeb Carter

Synopsis

Jack Rand contacts Zatara about mysterious happenings at his lumber camp. Zatara flies to the camp and witnesses logs which started at the head of a chute disappear before reaching the river. He starts to walk up the chute when an oncoming log forces him to jump. Trying again, he gets to a point where the rival camp of Zeb Carter can be seen, and his lake is full of logs. Zatara discovers a mechanism which lifts a portion of the chute so that the logs divert into Carter's lake, and he exposes a conspiracy between Carter and Rand's foreman Jeff Lund.

Reprints

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #1 ([November 27] 1944) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

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Electric Football / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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