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ACTION COMICS #30
Cover Date: November 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-09-20
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Cover Credits:
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Zolar and his Arab minions (first appearance for all; creates machines that generate glowing radium spheres and that also control the weather; dies)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Ulonda (first appearance; a lost city in the Sahara Desert)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in mid-summer (late July or early August)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
- The Superman Chronicles #4 (2008)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)
Credits:
| Art | George Papp |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (running Track for Midtown College)
Comment(s):
- Pep went to Eastdale High School.
- This story takes place at the end of the track and field season.
Credits:
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Red Raiders (all die)
- Captain Treble and his crew (first appearance for all; take control of the Sea Queen)
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the previous issue and into next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Location(s):
- Brazil
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bob Daley
- District Attorney Maloney
- Miss X
Villain(s):
- Dr. Mixxo and his gang (first appearance for all; steals furs)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Associate editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Tigress (in between issues #25/6 and #35/6)
- her gang (includes a minor sorcerer who is no match for Zatara)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Kilgor (first appearance; a city of "ancient magic", abandoned in South America)