Cover: Joe Shuster & John Sikela

Action Comics #88

Sep 1945 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Adventure of the Stingy Men!”

In "The Adventure of the Stingy Men!", Greg buys a curious board game called Cops and Robbers for a dollar, unaware it’s more than a toy—its illustrations secretly map real robberies and hidden loot. When Sport Hoagland, a man with a sudden interest in the game, aggressively demands it and offers ten dollars to get it, the situation takes a strange turn. Art by Mort Meskin and a cover by Joe Shuster and John Sikela bring this 1945 mystery to life.

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artist, inker Mort Meskin · cover Joe Shuster, John Sikela

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artist, inker Mort Meskin

cover pencils Joe Shuster

cover inks John Sikela

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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.

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