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Action Comics 26

ACTION COMICS #26

Cover Date: July 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-05-22

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Cover Credits:
Art: Wayne Boring


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsPaul Lauretta, Paul Cassidy
InksShuster Shop
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

George Taylor
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Professor Clarence Cobalt (first appearance; a conman selling fake polio cures)
Grafton (first appearance; his assistant)

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 (on a hunting trip)

Other Character(s):

Pierre (first appearance; a woodsman and Pep's hunting partner)

Location(s):

Saskatchewan, Canada

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the fall.


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Jeannie (first appearance; Jon's childhood friend)

Villain(s):

Captain Ruff's brother

Location(s):

Savannah, Georgia Colony

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

Location(s):

California
New Guinea

Comment(s):

It has been a month since last issue.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson (becomes a special investigator for the DA)

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley (becomes a special investigator for the DA)
District Attorney Maloney (first appearance)
Miss X (Janice Maloney; first appearance; DA Maloney's daughter; secretly aids Thompson and Daley)

Villain(s):

J. Vander Wallace (first appearance; secretly running a car theft ring)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Sixth Story: "Jagtooth Gold Mine" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Tong (last in Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 #9)

Villain(s):

Tony (first appearance; a cruel trapper and claim jumpter)

Location(s):

Saskatchewan, Canada (see Comments)

Comment(s):

The locale of this story is just given as "Far North", but Zatara and Tong come across a cabin flying a red flag, very similar to the one shown in the Pep Morgan story (both drawn by the same artist). Pep does not go down to the cabin, but Zatara does shortly after Pep leaves?


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