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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #88

DC · Series began 1938 · September 1945

Dates

Cover date
September 1945
On sale
July 10, 1945
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Joe Shuster, Roland Coe, Stan Kaye, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, William White, Reamer Kellerinks: John Sikela, Roland Coe, Stan Kaye, Ed Smalle, Mort Meskin, William White, Reamer Kellerscript: Al Schwartz, Ted Udall

Stories

  • The Adventure of the Stingy Men! · 12 pages

    Hocus and Pocus speak what they believe to be magic commands, but it is Superman who has to carry them to fruition.

  • The Clue of the Crazy Rhyme! · 5 pages
  • Darts of Death! · 5.67 pages

    While in South America, Bill exposes a pair of treasure hunters who are murdering well-heeled visitors.

  • The Avengers · 1.67 pages
  • Of Cops and Robbers! · 10 pages

    Greg buys Stuff a board game called "Cops and Robbers" for one dollar in a toy store. As they leave, Sport Hoagland enters wanting to buy a copy, as no other shop has them. On being told that their last copy had just been sold, Hoagland catches up to Stuff, yanks the game from under his arm, and thrusts ten dollars at him. It turns out that the game has images of real life robberies and tells where loot is hidden.

  • Pranks and Parrots! · 8 pages

    Zatara sees a pet store being robbed. Turning himself invisible, he causes the animals to harass the crooks, including teaching a parrot some magic commands. It then escapes and Zatara has to get it back before it can cause any havoc.

Reprinted in

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013)

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