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Action Comics #69

DC · Series began 1938 · February 1944

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Dates

Cover date: February 1944
On sale: December 14, 1943
Pages: 60

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Sam Citron, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Meskin, Jack Farr, Ed Smalle, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulman, C. C. Beckinks: Stan Kaye, Don Komisarow, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Jack Farr, Ed Smalle, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulman, C. C. Beckscript: Josette Frank, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Samachson, Jack Farr, Joseph Greene, Jack Miller, Rod Reedletters: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Farr

Stories

The Lost-and-Found Mystery! · 12 pages
Clark and Lois are mystified by ads in the Daily Planet offering huge sums of money for the recovery of lost items. But Superman gets involved when Lois disappears, thanks to The Prankster!
The Little Men Who Were There! · 10 pages
The Vigilante battles The Dummy, who is using a shrinking ray to shrink himself and his gang in order to commit crimes.
The Rain Maker · 4 pages
Kangaroo Capers! · 5.67 pages
Bill battles Australian sheep rustlers.
Traitor's Bait! · 7.67 pages
Americommando stops at a little village on the India/China border for some rest, but there is none, as a man is being murdered down the hall. He is arrested on suspicion, but escapes and uncovers a plot to sell arms to the Japanese.
Revenge, Rationed · 2 pages
East Meets West! · 8 pages
A group of eastern swamis visit America, but Zatara counters their evil spells with those of his own.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LanePerry WhiteVigilanteGreg SandersZataraTex ThomsonCongo BillThe PranksterOswald LoomisPrivate PeteStuffThe DummyThe AmericommandoClancy the CopHandy AndyVitamin Vic

Reprinted in

Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972), Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (2020)