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63August 1943
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Action Comics #63

DC · August 1943 · on sale 1943-06-12

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#63
Publication date
August 1943
Key date
1943-08-00
On-sale date
1943-06-12
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack BurnleySuperman [Clark Kent]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Lions on the Hunttext article0.33script: Josette Frank
3Supermen of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
4When Stars Collide!comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ira Yarbrough; inks: Ira YarbroughSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Jaspar Meekins; Professor Praline (villain); Praline's gang (villains); Spike Yaeger (villain); Yaeger's gang (villains)
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1
6Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc.comic story12script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Mort Morton Jr.; inks: Charles ParisThe Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff [Jimmy Leung]; The Dummy (villain)
7Woozy Worldcomic story1script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack Farr
8Leatherneck Luck!comic story5script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThree Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
9A Right in der Fuehrer's Face!comic story8script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyAmericommando [Tex Thomson]; Peter Populis; Adolf Hitler (villain); Heinrich Himmler (villain); Max Schmeling (villain); Hans Kranz (villain)
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPvt. Pete
11The Curse of Cotelleria!comic story6pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyCongo Bill; Nazis (villains)
12Crazy Schemetext story1script: Will LedgeZeke; Paul
13The Pirate of Pleasure!comic story8script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph SulmanZatara; Pirate of Pleasure (villain)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4
ISBN 1-4012-0408-2		2005On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0		2006On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 #[nn]
ISBN 9780785832829		2015On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-7011-7		2017On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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