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Cover of Action Comics (1938) #72

Action Comics (1938) #72

DC 1938–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date May 1944

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About this issue

Action Comics #72 (1938) is issue #72 of DC's Action Comics (1938–2011), with a cover date of May 1944. Written by Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr, Joseph Greene and others and drawn by Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr and others.

Creators

Writers
Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr, Joseph Greene, Jerry Siegel
Pencillers
Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr, Mort Meskin, Joe Shuster, Ed Smalle, Joe Sulman
Inkers
Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr, Mort Meskin, George Roussos, Ed Smalle, Joe Sulman
Letterers
Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr
Cover artists
Wayne Boring, Stan Kaye

The stories

“Superman and the Super-Movers!”

Superman compares himself to construction workers and heavy crane operators as he helps the owners of "Super Movers" against a rival, who is trying to buy the owner out in order to use the business as a front for robbery.

“The Guns of Killer Haines!”

Jabez Haines keeps his grandfather's name alive as a hero, when in reality he was quite a villain. The Prairie Troubadour is performing at a fund-raising dance when Stuff overhears a deputy tell the sheriff that the bank is being robbed. In his Vigilante guise he catches Haines at the bank, but lets him go. Later, he teaches Haines humility and shows him the errors of his ways.

“The Perfect Double”

“Choose Your Weapons!”

Bill makes a forced landing on a Pacific island, and together with a pair of US Army aviators, manages to drive a Japanese force off the island.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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