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ACTION COMICS #63

Cover Date: August 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-06-12

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley

Story: "When Stars Collide!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Ira Yarbrough
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (gets amnesia from colliding stars and is led to believe he is a crook)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

"Professor" Praline and his gang (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Fort Knox, KY

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005)

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)

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Second Story: "Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc." (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (last in Leading Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Dummy and his gang (last in issue #58/2; next in Leading Comics #8; use lookalikes to create a stage act for a cover)

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Third Story: "Leatherneck Luck!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Louis Cazenueve
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces:

Fog Fortune (last appearance)

Whistler Will (last appearance)

Gunner Bill (last appearance)

Villain(s):

Japanese Navy and Air Force (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean

Comment(s):

This is the final story of the Three Aces.

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Fourth Story: "A Right in Der Fuehrer's Face!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joseph Greene
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Americommando

Supporting Character(s):

Peter Popolis (first appearance)

Villain(s):

Adolf Hitler

Heinrich Himmler

Hans Kranz (first appearance; a concentration camp guard who boxes with Americommando)

Nazis

Location(s):

Berlin, Germany

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Fifth Story: "The Curse of Cotelleria!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	John Daly
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Germans (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Cotelleria (first appearance; an island off Malta)

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Sixth Story: "The Pirates of Pleasure!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joseph Sulman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (last in World's Finest Comics #10/3)

Villain(s):

Pirate of Pleasure and his crew (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Atlantic Ocean

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