Action Comics #84

(May 1945)

Tommy Gets a Zero! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Joseph Greene (signed)[as Jerry Siegel]

Pencils:

John Sikela (signed)[as Joe Shuster]

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Tommy Allen; Miss Mentor; Lame Brain Looie; Dapper

Synopsis:

Tommy's teacher assigns a Saturday essay for each class member, although Tommy believes his will be the most boring in class because nothing in his life ever happens that is exciting. That is, until he meets Superman!

Reprints:

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #6 ([April 18] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]
• 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

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-21-07.

The Sign that Wasn't There (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye ?

Inks:

Stan Kaye ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Hayfoot Henry

Reprints:

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #6 ([April 18] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit changed from Alvin Schwartz? to ?by Craig Delich 10-24-08. The Who's Who states that Schwartz only wrote the strip 1946-48. The Kaye credits were also added by Craig Delich, as Kaye did do art for this strip in 1945.

Jackals of the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

Whitney Ellsworth

Pencils:

John Daly

Inks:

John Daly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Harper; Red Butch; Zukogie

Synopsis:

Bill captures a gang stealing ambergris from a beach controlled by his friend Harper.

Reprints:

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #6 ([April 18] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Keywords:

ambergris; rhinoceroses

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

Shorty / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-21-07.

Dark Guilt (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Murray Boltinoff [as Blair Bolton] (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Tree's a Crowd! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed) [as Mort Morton Jr.]

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff

Reprints:

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #6 ([April 18] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

Day of Wishes! (Table of Contents: 7)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

William F. White

Inks:

William F. White

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Zatara; Jerry

Reprints:

• in Special Edition, Action Comics (DC, 1944 series) #6 ([April 18] 1945) [Story re-written with simplified text.]

["Whee! Isn't this fun, Volto?"] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Volto / advertisement / 1 page (report information)