Action Comics, #72

Published: May 1944

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Action Comics #72

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Issue Contents:
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Superman and the Super-Movers!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"Lifting a bridge or a building and carrying it someplace..."

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Perry White
  • Mr. Grogan
  • Mr. Bixley
  • Oberleutnant Karl Brumer
  • Joe Drew
  • Mr. Sniggle
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits added by Bob Hughes.

Story 3 1 page

"A guide tol' me she lost 'em in a Athens boarding house..."

Story 4 1 page humor; military

"Well, what do you know - I'm assigned to K.P.!"

Characters
  • Pvt. Pete
The Guns of Killer Haines!
Story 5 10 pages adventure; superhero

"Back in the eighties the name of Jabez "Killer" Haines struck terror..."

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Jabez Haines (villain)
  • Skip Homan
  • Anne
Credits
Story Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes.

Story 6 1 page
The Perfect Double (1)
Story 7 4 pages humor; crime

"Hey, - McFooey..."

Characters
  • Super-Sleuth McFooey
Credits
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Be a Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons!
Story 8 1 page advocacy; superhero
Storyline

Superman puts on a special show, for 100 pounds of waste paper as an 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.

Choose Your Weapons!
Story 9 6 pages adventure; drama

"Modern weapons are powerful..."

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • McGrath
  • Migli
  • Knight
  • Tegar
Story Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes.

Featuring Superman

Story 10 0 pages

"Boy! Am I lucky!"

Out of Nowhere
Story 11 2 pages adventure
Credits
Cargoes of Death!
Story 12 8 pages adventure; war

"The harbor of Tokyo is tense with excitement!"

Storyline

Americommando is in Tokyo, disguised as a Nazi officer, where he destroys the Japanese convoy trying the run the Allied blockade,

Characters
  • Americommando [Tex Thomson]
  • Admiral Numa (villain)
  • Captain Saki (villain)
Story Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails.

Story 13 0 pages advocacy

"Excellent statue of true friend of Japan!"

Story 14 1 page

"Look for this trademark!"

Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics Magazines
Story 15 0 pages
Superman's Secret Message
Story 16 0 pages
Magic Knights!
Story 17 8 pages adventure; fantasy

"Do you remember reading about Good King Arthur?"

Storyline

Merlin the Magician has apparently reappeared and established a new Camelot. Rich men are invited to pay for the privilege of sitting at the new Round Table. Zatara exposes the scam as that of Spider Slandon, who poses as Merlin.

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
  • Merlin [Spider Slandon]
  • Bob Banton
Credits
Story Notes

Zatara states his powers are based on science and nothing more than hypnotism and illusion.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Invention Company.

Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 20 1 page humor

"Tell the Mess Sergeant to look up the recipe for turtle soup."

Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.