Issue | #77 |
Published | October 1944 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual) |
Characters | Superman; V: The Prankster. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Amos Amster; Thomas Todd; Joe; V: Prankster. |
Synopsis | The Prankster disguises himself as a blind news dealer and manufactures Daily Planet headlines to con certain people so that he can make a profit off of them! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Inks | Ed Dobrotka (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Notes | Writer correction 9/07 from John Wells. Previously credited to Don Cameron. Action Archives credits this story to Don Cameron. Oddity: in the last panel of page 10, Prankster is reading a copy of "The Daily Star" [the first newspaper Clark kent worked for]. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-20-07. |
Reprinted | in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
Characters | Hayfoot Henry |
Genre | detective; humor |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? and penciller credit revised from Stan Kaye to ? by Craig Delich 10-21-08. The Who's Who lists Alvin Schwartz as writer only from 1946-48 and Stan Kaye only as inker in 1944. |
Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: Rainbow Man. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.) |
Characters | Clancy |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-20-07. |
Characters | Congo Bill |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Edwin Smalle? |
Inks | Edwin Smalle? |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ted Udall? (signed as Tod Loury) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | William F. White? |
Inks | William F. White? |