Comic Title: Action Comics #77
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1944
Approx. On Sale Date: August 16, 1944 Copyright Date August 12, 1944
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1944
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Pranks of Pan"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Zatara (of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: William F. White

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #15; next appearance in Action Comics #78)

Villain(s)

• Pan (no further appearances)
• A gang of small-time crooks (Rocky named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jim Baker and his girlfriend (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The prankster god Pan creates a coin that grants wishes. He gives the coin to Jim Baker, who uses the coin to become rich. Jim realizes the coin is dangerous, so he contacts Zatara.

Pan arranges to have crooks steal the coin from Jim and use it themselves. Zatara tries to stop them, finding the coin’s magic as powerful as his own. After a couple of attempts he finally defeats the crooks and retrieves the coin from Pan.