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Action Comics 61

ACTION COMICS #61

Cover Date: June 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-04-13

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley


Story: "The Man They Wouldn't Believe!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsSam Citron
InksDon Komisarow
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (announces that he is Superman, but no one believes him)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Craig Shaw (first appearance; a selfish and angry playboy)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

The night club fire at the beginning of this story is based on the Cocoanut Grove Club fire in late November 1942.
This story takes place from late March through early April 1943, including April Fool's Day.


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Second Story: "The Cat and The Fiddler!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Fiddler and his gang (Sport, Droop and Sailor named)

Other Character(s):

Stuff's grandfather (behind the scenes; it is not known which one it is)


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Third Story: "One Arabian Night" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtLouis Cazenueve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces:
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

Bedouins (first appearance of all; kidnap American flyers)
Nazis (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

North Africa


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Fourth Story: "The Dikes of Death" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Americommando

Villain(s):

Nazis

Location(s):

Haarlem, Holland


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Fifth Story: "A Blowout in Istanbul" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Nazi terrorists (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Istanbul, Turkey


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Sixth Story: "The Man Who Stole Magic!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Chilly Sly (first appearance; a snoop who learns the secret of Zatara's backwards magic; also in brief flashback to his youth)

Location(s):

New London, CT


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