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Action Comics 24

ACTION COMICS #24

Cover Date: May 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-03-22

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: Paul Cassidy


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJoe Shuster
InksPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Villain(s):

Jake Brent (first appearance; a gambling house owner trying to frame up the son of a multimillionaire)
Benny Farrel (first appearance; frames son in Brent's death)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2016)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Guardineer
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan (tries out for a relief pitcher)

Villain(s):

Bullyboy Jones (first appearance)
Jake (tries to poison star pitcher for revenge)

Location(s):

Okalanda, FL

Comment(s):

This story happens in the early spring.


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Third Story: "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Villain(s):

Captain Ruff

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue and into next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

A crooked sheriff (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Arizona


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley
Gargantua T. Potts

Villain(s):

An unnamed Scientist (first appearance; creates invisibility solution; dies)

Other Character(s):

Dolores Clark (first appearance; being held captive by the Scientist for ransom)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Akra (first appearance; a small island off the coast of Africa)


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Sixth Story: "Magician Murder" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Guardineer
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (last in Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 #10)

Villain(s):

Chalo (first appearance; a gypsy black magician)


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