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Action Comics #78

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1944

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Dates

Cover date: November 1944
On sale: September 12, 1944
Pages: 52

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Wayne Boring, Ira Yarbrough, Dave Gerard, Mort Meskin, Ed Smalle, William White, Frank Beaveninks: Stan Kaye, George Roussos, Dave Gerard, Mort Meskin, Ed Smalle, William White, Frank Beavenscript: Al Schwartz, Don C. Cameron, Whitney Ellsworth

Stories

The Chef of Bohemia! · 12 pages
Ex-pug Biff Condor, losing money from renting a spot in Little Bohemia to a small businessman in a prosperous nightclub area, seeks to oust the man any way possible in order to attract a newer tenant who will pay a higher rent.
The Bloke Who Croaked the Oak! · 5 pages
Portraits for Plunder! · 10 pages
The Vigilante and Stuff foil a series of robberies the blueprints for which are incorporated by a criminal artist mastermind into his works of modern art.
Incident on Hill X · 1.67 pages
A Fortune in Feathers! · 5.67 pages
While on a timber survey of the Everglades, Bill runs into a group of poachers, illegally collecting rare bird feathers.
Planes without Pilots! · 8 pages
Zatara uncovers a plot by the general manager and mechanics of Rand Aircraft to fly planes by remote control to a hidden location, where they break them into spare parts and sell them to other aircraft manufacturers.

Reprinted in

Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)