Cover of Issue #79

Issue

Issue #79

Overview Market Data Discussion

Description

Con man J. Wilbur Wolfingham arrives in Metropolis with a fraudulent rags-to-riches investment scheme targeting ordinary citizens. Lois Lane takes it upon herself to expose him, determined to prove that his own deceptions will be his undoing.

Issue Details

Series

Action Comics (1938)

Issue Number

#79

Release Date

October 19, 1944

Cover Price

$0.10

Cover Date

December 1944

Page Count

52 pages

Series Details

Publisher

DC Comics

Type

Regular Series

Status

Completed

Run

1938 - 2011

Issues Count

867

Genres

Slice of Life, War, Historical, Superhero, Sports, Crime, Western, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Anthro, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy

Format

Standard

Age Rating

T - Teen

Original Language

English

Language

English

Creators

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Alvin Schwartz

Alvin Schwartz

Writer

Carolina Hernández Mendoza

Penciller, Inker

Don Cameron

Writer

Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

Writer

George Roussos

George Roussos

Inker

Henry Boltinoff

Henry Boltinoff

Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Ira Yarbrough

Penciller, Inker

Jack Adler

Jack Adler

Colorist

Jack Burnley

Jack Burnley

Penciller, Cover Artist

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

Joe Samachson

Writer

Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster

Artist, Penciller

Characters

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Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Perry White

Perry White

Perry Jerome White

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Zatara

Zatara

Giovanni Zatara

Benjamin Bowe

Benjamin Bowe

Benjamin Bowe

Chief Hot Foot

Chief Hot Foot

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Droop

Droop

E. Wilbur Wolfingham

E. Wilbur Wolfingham

Hayfoot Henry

Hayfoot Henry

Sailor

Sailor

Teams

Daily Planet

Daily Planet

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Native Americans

Native Americans

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