Issue | #83 |
Published | April 1945 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Characters | Superman; Hocus; Pocus |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Joe Shuster |
Inks | John Sikela ? |
Reprinted | in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Hocus (Doc)(I); Pocus (Flannelhead) (I); V: Hijack Dorley. |
Synopsis | A pair of would-be magicians believe they have magicial powers, and a crime boss sees them 'perform', intending on using those abilities for make him some quick illegal cash! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
Inks | Joe Shuster (signed) |
Notes | Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-21-07. |
Reprinted | in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #5 (2007) |
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. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48. |
Characters | Congo Bill |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | John Daly |
Inks | John Daly |
Notes | John Daly verified as artist [rather than Howard Sherman, who drew it in 1945] by Craig Delich 10-23-08. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ted Udall? (signed as Ted Loury) |
Letters | typeset |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | Lit-Win (pen name) |
Inks | Lit-Win (pen name) |
Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders] |
Genre | western |
Script | Joe Samachson |
Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.) |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | William F. White |
Inks | William F. White |