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ACTION COMICS #16
Cover Date: September 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-07-24
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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Guardineer
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Police Commissioner Watson (first appearance; takes protection money not to turn in gamblers in Metropolis; resigns and leaves city)
- Gambling House runners and numbers runners (first appearance for all; put out of business by Superman)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Earth-Two.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1 (1997)
- The Superman Chronicles #2 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (takes job as a bodyguard)
Villain(s):
- Kidnappers (first appearance for all)
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the previous issue.
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bob Daley
- Gargantua T. Potts (becomes Tex and Bob's valet)
Villain(s):
- Spies (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Southern France
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ool (first appearance; King of Saturn; persuaded to stop planning for his invasion of Earth)
- Gorla (first appearance; Ool's agent on Earth)
Other Character(s):
- Porra (first appearance; Ool's son)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- The aliens true form shown on Saturn resembles the Silver Age version of J'onn J'onzz, and this may be a colony of Martians on Saturn as shown in Martian Manhunter Vol. 2 #13.