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ACTION COMICS #13
Cover Date: June 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-04-24
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Cover Credits:
Art: Joe Shuster
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Joe Shuster |
| Pencils | Paul Cassidy |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ultra-Humanite (first appearance; elderly scientist and leader of a large criminal organization (including Cab Protective League)
- Cab Protective League (first appearance; running a protection racket on independent cab companies; Reynolds named (dies))
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Earth-Two.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1 (1997)
- The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Credits:
| Art | Will Ely |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Scoop Scanlon (next in DC Universe: Legacies #1/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Rusty James (next in DC Universe: Legacies #1/2)
Villain(s):
- Marlin Rogers (first appearance; attempts to kill other members of a former expedition to get jewels)
Comment(s):
- This story is printed in black and white and red.
- This is the final story published during the Golden Age.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Captain Sindra (attempts to take over the ship sailing back to America)
Location(s):
- Latara (a South American Republic)
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue and into next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Ace of Spades (Colonel Rushmore; first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue.
Credits:
| Story | Fred Guardineer |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Tong (last in New York World's Fair Comics #1/5)
Villain(s):
- Uncle Karl (first appearance; trying to use the old Hag and Jon to scare or kill Fred and Elenore for their plantation; dies)
- Old Hag (first appearance; a witch and Karl's sister; dies)
- Jon (first appearance; ogrish brother to Fred and Elenore and Hag's son; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Fred and Elenore Hodges (first appearance; friends of Zatara's whose plantation is under attack by their relatives)
Location(s):
- Carolinas
- Swanp of Satan (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story continues in part in the next issue.