Action Comics, #74

Published: July 1944

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Action Comics #74

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Issue Contents:
The Courtship of Adelbert Dribble
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Bertha Bigge
Credits
Tops in Comics!
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Courtship of Adelbert Dribble!
Story 2 12 pages superhero

""All's fair in love and war""

Storyline

Adelbert Dribble traps Superman in order to pose as him and win the affections of his one and true love...but he gets more than he bargained for!

Characters
  • Superman [Clark Kent]
  • Lois Lane
  • Perry White
  • Adelbert Dribble
  • Bertha Bigge
  • Turtle Baxter
Credits
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).

Story 3 1 page

"Order 'The Flash' another carton of Wheaties."

Credits
Wheels of Jeopardy!
Story 4 11 pages adventure; superhero

"In the stirring saga of a hazardous profession..."

Storyline

Jerry Goshen is an ace motorcycle racer. He and The Vigilante compete in a race, and Goshen is knocked off his cycle. Goshen goes to a loan shark, Fonzi, to borrow a grand, but is refused, and becomes a thief to pay for his son's leg operation. He later brings the gang to justice and returns to the straight and narrow.

Characters
  • The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
  • Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
  • Jerry Goshen
  • Ted Goshen
  • Fonzi (crook)
  • Bartier the jeweler
Credits
Story 5 1 page
Carnage at the Carnival
Story 6 4 pages humor; detective-mystery
Characters
  • Super-Sleuth McFooey
Credits
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Poacher's Paradise!
Story 7 6 pages adventure; drama

"Congo Bill, far-roving terror of thieves and traitors..."

Storyline

Bill is in the South Pacific, charting islands for the government. He subsequently captures a group of pearl poachers who have their own floating, motor-powered island.

Characters
  • Congo Bill
  • Killer Krake

Featuring Sugarpuss

Story 8 1 page humor

"Gee - Whiskers! There must be somethin' we can do to help!"

Characters
  • Sugar Puss
Credits
Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Page count corrected by Dean Brovold via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story 9 1 page
Flight into Freedom!
Story 10 8 pages war

"That sinister master of treachery and assassination - - Dr. Ito..."

Storyline

In Tokyo harbor Americommando sabotages a Japanese warship. In his disguise as Nazi officer Dr. Brand, he receives a visit from Dr. Ito. Brand is invited to join Ito in a bombing run to America, tied to one of the bombs! He escapes his bonds, drops the bombs harmlessly in the ocean and flies on the the west coast of America.

Characters
  • Americommando [Tex Thomson aka Dr. Brand]
  • Dr. Ito (villain)
Story Notes

Writer credit per Jerry Bails. Last appearance of the series.

Superman's Secret Message
Story 11 0 pages
Trouble Waters
Story 12 2 pages adventure
Credits
Story 13 1 page
The Lions' Den!
Story 14 8 pages adventure; fantasy

"What happens when the snarling monarchs of fang and claw..."

Storyline

Speaking with Harker, director of the city's new zoo, he learns that six criminals have committed suicide by jumping into the lion's enclosure. At that very moment, Boss Bannon eludes the policemen giving chase by doing just that. He runs up to the lions and seconds later only his jacket is visible. Zatara goes into the pit and finds a trapdoor cut into the rock leading down to a chamber where the apparent suicides are gathered. The scheme of Harker is exposed, and all are carted off to jail.

Characters
  • Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
  • Zoo Director Harker
  • Boss Bannon (crook)
  • Trigger Toomey (crook)
Credits
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 16 1 page humor

"Say, Red, do you suppose this is what the military..."

Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.