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ACTION COMICS #79

Cover Date: December 1944
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-10-12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Golden Fleece!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsIra Yarbrough
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

J. Wilber Wolfingham (last in Superman Vol. 1 #28; next in World's Finest Comics #16; runs a "Ponzi" scheme in Metropolis and then a land swindle out west)

Location(s):

Earth-Two
Metropolis
Western US

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #5 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 (2017)


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Second Story: "Birds of Ill Omen!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtMort Meskin
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Fiddler and his gang (in between issue #73/2 and #91/3; Spike named; teaches birds to sing so he can burgle their rich owners)


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Third Story: "High in the Andes!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWhitney Ellsworth
ArtEd Smalle
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Trigger Garson and his gang (Spike named; first appearance for all; use large rubber dinosaurs to scare natives away from jewels and gold)

Location(s):

Andes Mountains


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Fourth Story: "When Magic Fails!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtWilliam White
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Peter Paunch and his gang (first appearance for all)


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