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ACTION COMICS #74
Cover Date: July 1944
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-05-16
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Burnley
Inks: Stan Kaye
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Credits:
| Story | Horace Gold |
| Pencils | Ira Yarbrough |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Turtle Baxter and his gang (first appearance for all; kidnap Adelbert's girlfriend to get back at the "Man of Steel")
Other Character(s):
- Adelbert Dribble (first appearance; a wealthy inventor; captures Superman and takes his place to impress his girlfriend)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 (2007)
- Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2017)
Credits:
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Fonzi and his gang (first appearance for all; a loan shark)
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Killer Krake and his gang (first appearance for all; poachers using a submarine disguised as a small island)
Location(s):
- South Seas
Credits:
| Story | Joseph Greene |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Americommando (identity exposed; next in National Comics Vol. 2 #1)
Villain(s):
- Japanese' (first appearance for all)
- Nazi officers (first appearance for all)
- Doctor Ito (probably dies)
Location(s):
- Tokyo, Japan
- Pacific Ocean off the coast of California
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue.
- This is the last Tex Thompson/Americommando story published in the Golden Age.
Credits:
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Boss Bannon and his gang (first appearance for all; a racketeer)