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ACTION COMICS #75

Cover Date: August 1944
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-06-13

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring

Story: "Aesop's Modern Fables" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Ira Yarbrough
Inks	George Roussos
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Johnny Aesop and his gang (first appearance; takes his name and commits crimes based on Aesop's Fables; Hippy named)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 ([May] 2007)

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 ([July] 2017)

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Second Story: "Blunderbuss Booty!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (last in Leading Comics #11)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Dummy (in between issue #69/2 and #87/3)

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Third Story: "Frame Up Fur!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Baldy and his gang (first appearance for all; attempt to rob a furrier)

Location(s):

Metro City

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Fourth Story: "The Sting of Death!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	William White
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (last in World's Finest Comics #14/5)

Villain(s):

Daggers Fanelli and his gang (first appearance for all; try to extort monies through a curse using poisonous wasps)

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