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87August 1945
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Action Comics #87

DC · August 1945 · on sale 1945-06-12

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#87
Publication date
August 1945
Key date
1945-08-00
On-sale date
1945-06-12
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Ed Dobrotka; colors: Jack AdlerSuperman [Clark Kent]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2You Don't Need a Telescope!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3Danger Highway!comic story12script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSuperman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; "Gears" Corrigan; Walt Shade [Walt Brodie]; Mike Cooley
5A Winter Idylcomic story5pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeHayfoot Henry
8The Dummy Art Expert!comic story10script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinVigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; The Dummy (villain); Alphonse Gimmick; Van Morgan; Bilkmore
10Machine Gunstext story2script: Jesse Merlan
11Dead Men's Falls!comic story5.67pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyCongo Bill
12Superman's Secret Messagepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
14The Show Goes On!comic story8script: Joe Samachson; pencils: William F. White; inks: William F. WhiteZatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Leslie Lawson; Thumbs Turner

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5
ISBN 978-1-4012-7476-4		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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