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ACTION COMICS #64

Cover Date: September 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-06-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Sam Citron
Inks: Dom Komisarow

Story: "The Terrible Toyman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Sam Citron
Inks	Dom Komisarow
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Perry White

Villain(s):

Toyman (Winslow Percival Schott; first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two and features the Golden Age versions of characters.

This story takes place during May 1943.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005)

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)

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Second Story: "The Treasure of Dead Man's Key" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Three pirates (first appearance of all; dressed as 17th Century pirates)

Location(s):

Florida Keys

Dead Man's Key

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Third Story: "The Inquisitive Ostrich!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Von Helder and Germans (first appearance of all; poses as Dutch)

Location(s):

South Africa

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Fourth Story: "Peter, the Small!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joseph Greene
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Americommando

Villain(s):

Nazis

Location(s):

Russia

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Fifth Story: "Quiet... Thugs at Work!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joseph Sulman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

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