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ACTION COMICS #72
Cover Date: May 1944
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-03-14
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Sniggle and his gang (first appearance for all; try to force a moving company to sell out to him)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during baseball season.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 (2007)
- Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2017)
Credits:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Art | Mort Meskin |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Unnamed Bank Robbers (first appearance for all)
- Jabez Haines (first appearance; a young man who tries, but fails to become a bandit like his grandfather)
Location(s):
- Rawhide, TX
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Japanese forces (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- A South Pacific island
Credits:
| Story | Joseph Greene |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Americommando (disguised as a Nazi officer)
Villain(s):
- Japanese' (first appearance for all)
- Nazi officers (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Tokyo, Japan
Comment(s):
- This story continues into next issue.
Credits:
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara the Magician (tells people that he is really an illusionist and not a magician)
Villain(s):
- Merlin (first appearance; runs a swindle to get rich men to sit at his "Round Table")
Location(s):
- A tropical island