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68January 1944
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Action Comics #68

DC · January 1944 · on sale 1943-11-13

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#68
Publication date
January 1944
Key date
1944-01-00
On-sale date
1943-11-13
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superman Meets Susie!cover1pencils: Wayne Boring, Ira Yarbrough; inks: George Roussos; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman [Clark Kent]; Susie Tompkins
2Superman Meets Susie!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: George RoussosSuperman [Clark Kent]; Susie Tompkins (Lois Lane's niece); Lois Lane; Perry White; Hank Beaker; Tug Graff; Sparky Hahn; Beaker Beales
4-comic story1pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5The Duke Goes to the Dogs!comic story10script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Joe KubertVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Duke Daggett (crook); Pierrepont Vanderhof; The Earl of Bullingthrow; Marshall Pettibone
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1
7Romeo, the Robotcomic story4script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr
8The Ancient Incas!comic story5.67pencils: Edwin Smalle; inks: Edwin SmalleCongo Bill
9Boy Commandospromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10The Sea Snaketext article1script: Josette Frank
12Between Dishonor and Deathcomic story7.67script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyAmericommando [Tex Thomson]
13Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
15-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
16Double Twisttext story2script: Tom Trent
17The Pictures That Walkedcomic story8pencils: Joe Sulman; inks: Joe SulmanZatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Arthur Arton (art forger)

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4
ISBN 1-4012-0408-2		2005On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4
ISBN 978-1-4012-7257-9		2017On eBay ›

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