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ACTION COMICS #50

Cover Date: July 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-05-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray

Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Leo Nowak
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Mike Caputo (first appearance; a big-time gambler; has his girlfriend make a play for a young baseball player)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Lauderdale, FL (spring training camp of Metropolis' baseball team)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 (2001)

The Superman Chronicles #9 (2011)

Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)

Superman: The Golden Age #5 (2020)

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Second Story: "The Man Who Came Back!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Cliff Young
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (next in Leading Comics #3/flashback in All-Star Squadron #29)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Stud Corlis (first appearance; a gangster boss in Chinatown)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Third Story: "The Island Where Time Stood Still!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Louis Cazenueve
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces

Fog Fortune

Gunner Bill

Whistler Will

Villain(s):

a Japanese soldier (first appearance; organizes neanderthals; probably dies)

Location(s):

An Island that Time Forgot (first appearance; mostly destroyed by volcanic eruption; probably near Dinosaur Island)

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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ken Fitch
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley

Villain(s):

Enemy agents (first appearance of both)

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Fifth Story: "The Man of a Thousand Lives!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Fred Ray
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Mu'Min (first appearance; a German agent who pretends to be an immortal Muslim leader to get the locals to turn against the British)

Location(s):

Cairo, Egypt

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Sixth Story: "The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die!!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joseph Sulman
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

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

Villain(s):

Abner Joseph and his gang (first appearance of all; inoculates his gang "against death"; but discovers that the shot wears off)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Morris Thatcher (first appearance; a researcher who creates a serum that will not let the body die)

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