Comic Title: Action Comics #83
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: February 16, 1945 Copyright Date February 13, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
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: "A Fortune for a Fossil"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Vigilante (Greg Sanders of Earth-2)

Writer: Joe Samachson
Penciller: Mort Meskin

Feature Character(s)

• Vigilante (last appearance in Action Comics #82; next appearance in Leading Comics #14)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stuff (last appearance in Action Comics #82; next appearance in Action Comics #84)

Villain(s)

• Big-Time Bennie and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Higgins and Professor Watling (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A rare fossil is discovered which may hold insights to many scientific mysteries. Big-Time Bennie, a gang leader, steals the fossil and blackmails the scientists for its safe return. Vigilante involves himself in the case by capturing Bennie. Stuff locates the missing fossil hidden among the skeleton of a dinosaur.