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Action Comics (1938)Issue #79

byAlvin SchwartzWriterDon CameronWriter+27 more
DC ComicsOct 19, 1944USD $0.1052 pages
Slice of LifeWar
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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.

Series
Action Comics (1938)
Issue Number
#79
Release Date
October 19, 1944
Cover Date
December 1944
Cover Price
USD $0.10
Page Count
52

Series Details

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

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Creators

Alvin Schwartz

Alvin Schwartz

Writer

Don Cameron

Writer

Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

Writer

Henry Boltinoff

Henry Boltinoff

Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

Joe Samachson

Writer

Whitney Ellsworth

Whitney Ellsworth

Writer, Editor

Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster

Artist

Carolina Hernández Mendoza

Penciller, Inker

Ira Yarbrough

Penciller, Inker

Jack Burnley

Jack Burnley

Penciller, Cover Artist

Mort Meskin

Penciller, Inker

Characters

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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