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Action Comics 13

ACTION COMICS #13

Cover Date: June 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-04-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Shuster


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
PencilsPaul Cassidy
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Villain(s):

Ultra-Humanite (first appearance; elderly scientist and leader of a large criminal organization (including Cab Protective League)
Cab Protective League (first appearance; running a protection racket on independent cab companies; Reynolds named (dies))

Location(s):

Daily Star

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWill Ely
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Scoop Scanlon (next in DC Universe: Legacies #1/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Rusty James (next in DC Universe: Legacies #1/2)

Villain(s):

Marlin Rogers (first appearance; attempts to kill other members of a former expedition to get jewels)

Comment(s):

This story is printed in black and white and red.
This is the final story published during the Golden Age.


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan

Villain(s):

Captain Sindra (attempts to take over the ship sailing back to America)

Location(s):

Latara (a South American Republic)

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue and into next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley

Villain(s):

Ace of Spades (Colonel Rushmore; first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.


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Fifth Story: "The Swamp of Satan" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (last in New York World's Fair Comics #1/5)

Supporting Character(s):

Tong (last in New York World's Fair Comics #1/5)

Villain(s):

Uncle Karl (first appearance; trying to use the old Hag and Jon to scare or kill Fred and Elenore for their plantation; dies)
Old Hag (first appearance; a witch and Karl's sister; dies)
Jon (first appearance; ogrish brother to Fred and Elenore and Hag's son; dies)

Other Character(s):

Fred and Elenore Hodges (first appearance; friends of Zatara's whose plantation is under attack by their relatives)

Location(s):

Carolinas
Swanp of Satan (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story continues in part in the next issue.


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