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Action Comics 39

ACTION COMICS #39

Cover Date: August 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-06-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsLeo Nowak
InksShuster Shop
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White
Sgt. Casey

Villain(s):

Radium Ghost (Brett Bryson; first appearance; irradiated and mutated; dies)
Davis and Frank Chalmers (first appearance of both; owners of a research laboratory; intend on stealing the stolen goods from Bryson; Chalmers dies)

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 (is a pitcher on the college baseball team)

Villain(s):

Gamblers (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Brentville
Midwest College

Comment(s):

This story takes place during college baseball season.


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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 (sends the Sea Queen to Gibraltar)

Supporting Character(s):

Bonnie

Villain(s):

Captain Don De Avila

Location(s):

Barcelona, Spain (in the late 16th Century)

Comment(s):

This story continues from the last issue and into the next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (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):

Medicine thieves (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Arctic Circle


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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

Villain(s):

Fifth Columnists (first appearance of all)


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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):

German troops (first appearance of all; all probably die)

Location(s):

Cairo, Egypt
Malta
Gibraltar
Africa


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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 (last in World's Finest Comics #2/6)

Villain(s):

Bem and his gang (first appearance of all; an international jewel thief)

Location(s):

Patonia (first appearance; a small kingdom)
America


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