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Action Comics 22

ACTION COMICS #22

Cover Date: March 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-01-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: Paul Cassidy


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Managing Editor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (behind the scenes; causes Toran to attack Galonia)
Lily Laverne (first appearance; a foreign actress and spy)

Location(s):

Earth-2
Metropolis
Daily Star
Galonia (first appearance; a small nation attacked by Toran, another small neighboring country)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan (as a volunteer fireman)

Villain(s):

Rufus Toone (first appearance; burns down properties for all)


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Third Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley
Gargantua T. Potts

Villain(s):

A demon (first appearance; takes the form of Cary James and returns to civilization; destroyed)

Location(s):

A small island in the Indian Ocean
New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBert Christman
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Gunner Bill
Whistler Will (also in flashback to his youth when he was found wandering the desert by

Other Character(s):

Matt Saunders (first appearance; Will's adoptive father; also in flashback)
Sally Saunders (first appearance; Will's adoptive sister; also in flashback)

Location(s):

Alaska Territory
Arizona

Comment(s):

This story begins soon after the previous issue.


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Fifth Story: "The Mask" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Supporting Character(s):

Tong (last in issue #20/5; next in Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 #9)

Villain(s):

Tigress (last in issue #10/5)
Mask (first appearance; has plastic surgery to look like a bank president he intends on killing)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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