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ACTION COMICS #77

Cover Date: October 1944
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-08-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Headline Hoax!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Sam Citron
Inks	Don Komisarow
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Killer Kronk (first appearance; duped by a fake newspaper printed by The Prankster)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

The Daily Planet building is located on Planet Square in Metropolis.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 ([May] 2007)

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 ([July] 2017)

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Second Story: "The Rainbow Man Sees Red!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Rainbow Man (in between issue #71/2 and #103/5)

Egghead and Spike (first appearance for both; Rainbow Man's henchmen)

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Third Story: "The Leaping Leopard!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Zollini (first appearance; a circus trapeze artist who poses as a leopard to rob jewels)

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Fourth Story: "The Pranks of Pan!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	William White
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Pan (enchants a coin to grant wishes)

Three unnamed thugs (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Mount Olympus

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