Action Comics, #76
Published: September 1944
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Issue Contents:
Editorial Advisory Board Superman DC Comic Magazines
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Listing of members of the Editorial Advisory Board and DC comic titles. Page includes indicia.
"For spine-tingling action..."
Story Notes
Inside front cover. Promotional advertisement for comics with the DC logo. Shows black and white vignettes of covers dated September 1944 for Detective Comics #91, Action Comics #76, and Star Spangled Comics #36. Also shows humor comics cover dated Summer 1944 for Funny Stuff #1, Mutt and Jeff #14, and All Funny Comics #3.
A Voyage to Destiny!
"All ashore that's going ashore!"
Storyline
Young Fred Carson is told on his father's death bed that he will inherit his father's fortune IF he will take that ship and follow the same course his father had before him that earned him all those riches. He does, not realizing that he will soon run afoul of Black Patch, a man that once lost an eye to Fred's father during a fight!
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Fred Carson
- Black Patch
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Sam Citron
- Inks: Don Komisarow
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).
"Wait till he throws down some more coconuts"
The Damaged Boulevard!
"Each town has some peculiarity..."
Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Credits
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Alvin Schwartz script credit and possible Stan Kaye pencils credit removed by Craig Delich. The Who's Who lists Schwartz as writer only from 1946-48 and Kaye as inker only in 1944. The text is written in rhyming couplets.
"He likes his Wheaties double-toasted."
Credits
- Pencils: Carlos Moreno Diaz
- Inks: Carlos Moreno Diaz
The Mountain Without a Top!
"Sinister, still unexplored, it towers up and up into the blue..."
Storyline
Greg and Stuff are out west on vacation. No Top Mountain, which towers over their hotel, is in a near constant state of rockslides. A race up the mountain has been announced, and Pierre Vantan, famed rock climber, is favorite to win. Stickney has discovered an pocket of gold at the top of the mountain and is causing the rockslides to discourage climbers.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Pierre Vantan
- Red Eagle
- Stickney (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: Régis Hector
- Inks: Régis Hector
"You take over for the cook today!"
Characters
- Pvt. Pete
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
Superman's Secret Message
The Trapped Trappers!
"That intrepid world traveler, Congo Bill..."
Storyline
Bill is up near the Arctic Circle, where he captures a band of fur thieves.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Barton
- Foxy
Credits
- Pencils: Carolina Hernandez Mendoza
- Inks: Carolina Hernandez Mendoza
"That's right, folks..."
On the Hoof
Credits
- Script: Bob Shirey
Walk of Death!
"Daring wire-walkers balance nimble feet and risk their lives to entertain you..."
Storyline
Zatara is booked to perform at a theatre, but it is the Tumbling Tollinis who are the major attraction. Men hired by the manager of a rival theatre rig the high wire with electricity, which causes a number of accidents, until Zatara exposes their plot.
Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- Danton
- The Tumbling Tollinis
Credits
- Pencils: William White (uncertain)
- Inks: William White (uncertain)
These Can Be Yours
Story Notes
Inside back cover. Advertisement for Collier's Magazine sales and prizes that could be earned from the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company of Springfield, Ohio.
Energy When You Need It!
Story Notes
Back cover. Advertisement for the Baby Ruth candy bar from the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago, Illinois.