Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #80

Cover Date: January 1945
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-11-14

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "Mr. Mxyztplk Returns!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Ira Yarbrough
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyztplk

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #272 (February 1974)

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 (2001)

Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2017)

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Second Story: "The Riddle of The Reservoir!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Whitney Ellsworth
Art	John Daly
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Miggs Horgan (first appearance; a crook that dumps evidence into a reservoir)

Horace Manton (first appearance; a friend of the District Attorney who helps to hide the evidence)

Location(s):

Hubb City

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Third Story: "The Pillager of the Parthenon!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (next in Leading Comics #13)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Sarantaki (first appearance; a man posing as a Greek national who attempts to steal jewels destined for the Greek war effort)

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Fourth Story: "Tumbling Timber!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	William White
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (next in World's Finest Comics #16/3)

Villain(s):

Zeb Carter (first appearance; a lumber camp owner who steal logs away from his competitor)

Jeff Lund (first appearance; supervisor of the competitor's camp who helps Carter)

Location(s):

North Woods

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