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: "The Innocent Thief"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: William F. White

Feature Character(s)

• Zatara (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #17; next appearance in Action Comics #84)

Villain(s)

• J.D. Gorgon (a bank president; no further appearances)
• A gang of hired crooks (Fingers named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gerald Miller (an accused thief; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Zatara's friend Gerald Miller has been accused of bank robbery. Zatara examines the evidence and learns the thief was an imposter. When he checks the bank, someone locks him in the vault. Zatara uses his magic to free himself and capture crooks who are robbing the bank again. Zatara then proves his friend's innocence and implicates bank president J.D. Gorgon as the real thief.