Action Comics, #71

Published: April 1944

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Action Comics #71

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Issue Contents:
Valentine Villainy!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Story 2 1 page

"Look for this trade-mark whenever you buy comics!"

Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Valentine Villainy!
Story 3 12 pages superhero

"Dan Cupid draws a bead on Jimmy Olsen..."

Storyline

Superman and Jimmy have much the same problem: what to buy their respective girlfriends for Valentine's Day.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Jimmy Olsen
  • Betty Roxmore
  • the Count
  • Spike
  • Leek
  • Paddy
Story Notes

Credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Blue S on cape.

The Cave's Secret
Story 4 1 page adventure
Story 5 1 page humor

"That's the bank's alarm!"

Characters
  • Clancy the Cop
Alias Mr. Sunshine!
Story 6 10 pages adventure; superhero

"You never knew The Rainbow Man had a helpful streak..."

Storyline

The Rainbow Man escapes from jail and creates a Count persona for himself. Mingling in society he chooses his next victims, deciding on a we-fix-it agency. One of his men walks the dogs of a Society dame, and steals her valuable jewels. The Vigilante and Stuff pursue the villains and are captured. The Dummy substitutes forgeries for priceless paintings. Finally they run down the gang and return them to behind bars.

Characters
  • The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • The Rainbow Man [Count Fogge] (introduction, villain)
  • Shakes (introduction, villain)
  • Dictionary (introduction, villain)
  • Wilkins
  • Mrs. Lukers
  • Mrs. Vandervan
Credits
Story 7 1 page

"We're gonna play Nazi torture-chamber..."

The Weird and Eerie Mystery of Ghastly Gables
Story 8 4 pages humor; detective-mystery

"Well, - Shut my big ol' mouth..."

Characters
  • Super Sleuth McFooey
Credits
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper into War Weapons!
Story 9 1 page advocacy; superhero
Storyline

Superman puts on a special show with 100 pounds of waste paper as the admission price to demonstrate to the kids how that much waste paper can be transformed into 115 cardboard boxes which can hold ten 20mm shells.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
Story Notes

Paper drive feature, art identification by Jerry Bails.

Desert Danger!
Story 10 6 pages adventure; drama

"The violent, suffocating blasts of a scorching desert storm!"

Storyline

Bill helps his Egyptologist friend Hitchins get a ancient Egyptian anklet out of the midst of feuding clans.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Hitchins
  • Lightning (cheetah)
  • Askut
  • Ben Azaar
  • Ali Habeel

Featuring World's Finest Comics

Story 11 0 pages

"You prisoners'll just hafta wait..."

Mission for Freedom!
Story 12 8 pages adventure; war

"A daring American submarine rests quietly and watchfully at the bottom of Tokyo Bay!"

Storyline

As they are about to be executed, Americommando frees a group of American servicemen from a Tokyo prison camp.

Characters
  • Americommando [Tex Thomson]
Story Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails.

Story 13 0 pages advocacy

"We have friends in America..."

Best in the House
Story 14 2 pages adventure
Credits
Story 15 1 page humor

"This new uniform just set me back sixty dollars..."

Characters
  • Clancy the Cop
Story Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Superman's Secret Message
Story 16 0 pages
The Idol on the Island!
Story 17 8 pages adventure; fantasy

"On a sunny island an old stone image stands..."

Storyline

Zatara is on an unknown island where site a statue of the god Meke-Meke. Local pearl divers come to pray for a good harvest of pearls, but among them Grog seems always to find the greatest haul. In fact, in collusion with Big Hank Hope, Grog gets his pearls from a chest in a chamber below the statue. Zatara magically brings the statue to life and frightens the villains into a confession.

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
  • Taos
  • Grog
  • Big Hank Hope (crook)
Credits
Story 18 1 page
How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.