Issue | #80 |
Published | January 1945 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Notes | Issue reprinted as Special Edition #1 for U.S. Navy with simplified text. |
Characters | Superman; Mr. Mxyztplk. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Notes | Issue reprinted as Special Edition #1 for U.S. Navy with simplified text. |
Reprinted | in Special Edition [U.S. Navy] (DC, 1944 series) #1; in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; V: Mr. Mxyztplk. |
Synopsis | When unusual and weird things begin affecting Clark Kent, there is only one answer for it: that imp from another dimension has returned, and that means more headaches for the Man of Tomorrow! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Don Cameron (signed as Jerry Siegel) |
Pencils | Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Inks | Ira Yarbrough (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Notes | Mr. Mxyztplk first appeared in Superman #30. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-21-07. |
Reprinted | in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #272 (February 1974); in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
Characters | Congo Bill |
Genre | jungle |
Script | Writer "D" |
Pencils | John Daly |
Inks | John Daly |
Characters | Grandpa Peters |
Genre | gag |
Script | Tom McNamara (signed as Lefty O'Grady) |
Pencils | Tom McNamara (signed as Lefty O'Grady) |
Inks | Tom McNamara (signed as Lefty O'Grady) |
Letters | Tom McNamara |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 10-23-08. |
Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders] |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton) |
Characters | Casey the Cop |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | 1st Casey the Cop. Previous fillers titled Clancy the Cop. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-21-07. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jack Miller (signed as Jesse Merlan) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Hayfoot Henry |
Genre | detective; humor |
Pencils | Thurston Harper |
Inks | Thurston Harper |
Notes | Art credits by Jerry Bails. Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Craig Delich 10-23-08. According to the Who's Who, Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48. |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | William F. White |
Inks | William F. White |