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ACTION COMICS #65

Cover Date: October 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-08-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley

Story: "The Million-Dollar Marathon!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Sam Citron
Inks	Dom Komisarow
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Brandon Treadwell (first appearance; Roger's ne'er-do-well cousin who tries to thwart Roger so he will receive all his uncle's monies)

Other Character(s):

Roger Treadwell (first appearance; a medical researcher who must spend $1,000,000 in one day to get $2,000,000 in research funds from his dying uncle)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two and features the Golden Age versions of characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005)

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)

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Second Story: "The Bard of Banditry!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Shakes (in between issues #60/2 and #71/2)

his gang (first appearance for both; two crooks who sculpt and paint)

Two-Gun Phidias

Muscles Rembrandt

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Third Story: "Storm Over the Bering!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	John Daly
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Pirates (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Alaska Territory

Bering Sea

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Fourth Story: "Schickelgruber's Nightmare!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joseph Greene
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Americommando

Villain(s):

Adolph Hitler

Nazis

Location(s):

France

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Fifth Story: "The Riddle of the Tired Thespians!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joseph Sulman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

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