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ACTION COMICS #26
Cover Date: July 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-05-22
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Cover Credits:
Art: Wayne Boring
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Paul Lauretta, Paul Cassidy |
| Inks | Shuster Shop |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Professor Clarence Cobalt (first appearance; a conman selling fake polio cures)
- Grafton (first appearance; his assistant)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
- The Superman Chronicles #4 (2008)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2016)
Credits:
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (on a hunting trip)
Other Character(s):
- Pierre (first appearance; a woodsman and Pep's hunting partner)
Location(s):
- Saskatchewan, Canada
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the fall.
Credits:
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Jeannie (first appearance; Jon's childhood friend)
Villain(s):
- Captain Ruff's brother
Location(s):
- Savannah, Georgia Colony
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue and into next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Location(s):
- California
- New Guinea
Comment(s):
- It has been a month since last issue.
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tex Thompson (becomes a special investigator for the DA)
Supporting Character(s):
- Bob Daley (becomes a special investigator for the DA)
- District Attorney Maloney (first appearance)
- Miss X (Janice Maloney; first appearance; DA Maloney's daughter; secretly aids Thompson and Daley)
Villain(s):
- J. Vander Wallace (first appearance; secretly running a car theft ring)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Associate editing | Murray Boltinoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Tong (last in Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 #9)
Villain(s):
- Tony (first appearance; a cruel trapper and claim jumpter)
Location(s):
- Saskatchewan, Canada (see Comments)
Comment(s):
- The locale of this story is just given as "Far North", but Zatara and Tong come across a cabin flying a red flag, very similar to the one shown in the Pep Morgan story (both drawn by the same artist). Pep does not go down to the cabin, but Zatara does shortly after Pep leaves?