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Action Comics 25

ACTION COMICS #25

Cover Date: June 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-04-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Wayne Boring


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

George Taylor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Medini (first appearance; a powerful hypnotist; dies?)

Location(s):

Metropolis


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Guardineer
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan (works as a reporter)

Villain(s):

Nazi U-Boat (first appearance)

Location(s):

Atlantic Ocean near England


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Villain(s):

Captain Ruff

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue and into next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces:
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

Jan Hansen (first appearance; a sculptor who creates a way to fossilize living matter)

Location(s):

Arizona


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley
Gargantua T. Potts

Villain(s):

Kidnappers (first appearance for all; Butch named)

Other Character(s):

Van Skaal (first appearance; a kidnap victim who becomes an amnesiac)

Location(s):

Maine


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Sixth Story: "One Man Crime Wave" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (next in New York World's Fair Comics #2/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Tigress (in between issue #23/5 and #30/6; tries to aid Zatara)

Villain(s):

Asmodeus (first appearance; a criminal genius)


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