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ACTION COMICS #61
Cover Date: June 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-04-13
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Sam Citron |
| Inks | Don Komisarow |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (announces that he is Superman, but no one believes him)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Craig Shaw (first appearance; a selfish and angry playboy)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The night club fire at the beginning of this story is based on the Cocoanut Grove Club fire in late November 1942.
- This story takes place from late March through early April 1943, including April Fool's Day.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)
Credits:
| Story | Don Cameron |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Fiddler and his gang (Sport, Droop and Sailor named)
Other Character(s):
- Stuff's grandfather (behind the scenes; it is not known which one it is)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Louis Cazenueve |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Bedouins (first appearance of all; kidnap American flyers)
- Nazis (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- North Africa
Credits:
| Story | Joseph Greene |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Nazis
Location(s):
- Haarlem, Holland
Credits:
| Art | Ed Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Nazi terrorists (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- Istanbul, Turkey
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Chilly Sly (first appearance; a snoop who learns the secret of Zatara's backwards magic; also in brief flashback to his youth)
Location(s):
- New London, CT