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ACTION COMICS #19
Cover Date: December 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-10-24
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Cover Credits:
Art: Wayne Boring (?)
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Paul Cassidy |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ultra-Humanite (last in issue #17; recreates an ancient purple plague)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Henry Travers (first appearance; finds a cure for the plague)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Earth-Two.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Train robbers (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Mr. and Mrs. Morgan (first appearance; Pep's parents)
Location(s):
- Ardale (first appearance; Pep's hometown)
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):
Villain(s):
- Chief (first appearance; chief of a tribe that creates zombies for a workforce)
Comment(s):
- This story continues in the next issue.
Credits:
| Art | Bert Christman |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Jeffers and Bell (first appearance for both; kill Fred to take control of his share of a new aviation engine)
Comment(s):
- The Three Aces are US Navy Reservists.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara the Magician (uses "backwards speak" to cast spells)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Herbert Handler (first appearance; transplants human brains into gorilla bodies; probably dies)
Other Character(s):
- Fred and Elenore Hodges
Location(s):
- Mexico