Action Comics #87

(August 1945)

Danger Highway (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel ?

Pencils:

Ira Yarbrough

Inks:

Stan Kaye ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White

Synopsis:

Clark Kent writes a story about long distance truck drivers.

Indexer Notes

Credits by Bob Hughes 8/06.

A Winter Idyl (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Hayfoot Henry

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Craig Delich 10-24-08. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.

The Dummy Art Expert (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

Joe Samachson ?

Pencils:

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

Inks:

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

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Dummy (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.

Machine Guns (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan] (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

crime

Dead Men's Falls! (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Daly

Inks:

John Daly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill

Synopsis:

In South America, Bill exposes treasure hunters posing as gods.

Keywords:

ancient Incas; gold; jewels; South America; waterfalls

The Show Goes On (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Joe Samachson?

Pencils:

Wiliiam F. White

Inks:

William F. White

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.