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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


Story: "Superman and the Super-Movers!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJoe Shuster
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Sniggle and his gang (first appearance for all; try to force a moving company to sell out to him)

Location(s):

Metropolis

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)


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Second Story: "The Guns of Killer Haines!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtMort Meskin
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

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


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Third Story: "Choose Your Weapons!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Japanese forces (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

A South Pacific island


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Fourth Story: "Cargoes of Death!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtBernard Baily
EditingJack 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.


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Fifth Story: "Magic Knights!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJoseph Sulman
EditingJack 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


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