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Action Comics (1938)Issue #73

byGardner FoxWriterJack FarrWriter+29 more
DC ComicsApr 18, 1944USD $0.1060 pages
Slice of LifeWar
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A thief targets Metropolis residents by stealing their hobby collections and holding them for ransom. When Clark Kent's own clock collection becomes a target, Superman steps in to end the scheme.

Series
Action Comics (1938)
Issue Number
#73
Release Date
April 18, 1944
Cover Date
June 1944
Cover Price
USD $0.10
Page Count
60

Series Details

Title
Action Comics
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1938 - 2011
Issues Count
864

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Creators

Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

Writer

Jack Farr

Writer, Artist, Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

Joe Samachson

Writer

Ray Houlihan

Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster

Artist

Bernard Baily

Bernard Baily

Penciller, Inker

Carolina Hernández Mendoza

Penciller, Inker

Creig Flessel

Creig Flessel

Penciller, Inker

Joseph Sulman

Penciller, Inker

Mort Meskin

Penciller

Pete Riss

Pete Riss

Penciller

Characters

Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Perry White

Perry White

Perry Jerome White

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Tex Thomson

Tex Thomson

Harold Thompson

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Zatara

Zatara

Giovanni Zatara

Benjamin Bowe

Benjamin Bowe

Benjamin Bowe

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Droop

Droop

Hobby Robber

Hobby Robber

Lucius Spruce

Sailor

Sailor

Stuff

Stuff

Jimmy Leong

Teams

Daily Planet

Daily Planet

Metropolis Police Department

Metropolis Police Department

Native Americans

Native Americans

Nazis

Nazis

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