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Action Comics 38

ACTION COMICS #38

Cover Date: July 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-05-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsLeo Nowak
InksEd Dobrotka
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (temporarily becomes Police Commissioner)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White
Jimmy Olsen

Villain(s):

Harold Morton (first appearance; uses radio waves to hypnotize people to commit crimes for him)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan

Supporting Character(s):

Slim Pickins

Villain(s):

Kidnappers (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Brentville
Midwest College


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Bonnie

Villain(s):

Captain Don De Avila

Location(s):

Barcelona, Spain (in the late 16th Century)

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.


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Fourth Story: "The Treacherous Ministers of Atlantis!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

Normen
Atlantean ministers (first appearance of all; attempt to overthrow the royal family)

Other Character(s):

Sasha
Hagad (first appearance; prince of Atlantis)

Location(s):

Azore Islands
An underground Atlantean outpost near the Azores

Comment(s):

This story continues from the previous issue.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley (next in issue #40/5)

Villain(s):

Gorrah and his gang (first appearance of all; attempts to destroy all areas of learning with a foreign government; probably dies)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Sixth Story: "The Mines of Ophir!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Ray
ArtFred Ray
LetteringFred Ray
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Professor James Kent

Villain(s):

Mungo and his troops (first appearance of all; attempt to overthrow an outpost)


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (next in World's Finest Comics #2/6)

Villain(s):

Jonathan Klegg (first appearance; uses a giant fireball emitting flying ship)

Other Character(s):

Mr. Klegg and his daughter (first appearance of both; Klegg's father and sister; inventor of the airship and fireball weapon)


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