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ACTION COMICS #31
Cover Date: December 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-10-23
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: Leo Nowak
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Baron Munsdorf (first appearance; attempts to take a far-ranging sleep gas for his foreign masters)
Location(s):
- Brentville (first appearance; a small country town within driving distance of Metropolis)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
- The Superman Chronicles #4 (2008)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)
Credits:
| Art | George Papp |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (playing football for Midtown College)
Location(s):
- Midtown College
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during the football season.
Credits:
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Captain Treble and his crew
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the previous issue and into next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Location(s):
- Arabia
- Norrka (first appearance; an abandoned city inhabited by a giant snake)
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bob Daley
- District Attorney Maloney
- Miss X
Villain(s):
- Insurance scammers (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Kiwan City
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Associate editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Location(s):
- A European city (attacked by a neighboring country)