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ACTION COMICS #3

Cover Date: August 1938
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Leo O'Mealia (signed)

Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Joe Shuster
Lettering	Joe Shuster
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Kent's Editor

Villain(s):

Thorton Blakely (first appearance; a crooked mine owner; sees the error of his ways)

Location(s):

An unnamed large metropolitan city

Blakelyville (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1 (1997)

Millennium Edition: Superman 1 (February 2000)

Superman in the Forties (2005)

The Superman Chronicles #1 (2006)

Superman through the Ages (2007)

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)

Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2013)

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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Will Ely
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Scoop Scanlon

Supporting Character(s):

Rusty James

Villain(s):

Two crooks operating out of a dance club (first appearance for both)

Comment(s):

This story is printed in black and white.

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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Fred Guardineer
Lettering	Fred Guardineer
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan (now a racecar driver; last in New Book of Comics #2)

Villain(s):

Blackie and Davis (first appearance for both; try to cause Pep to lose the race)

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Fourth Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ken Fitch
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley

Villain(s):

Gorrah (revealed to be an imposter; apparently falls to drown)

Scharem and Hawntem (first appearance for both; two large strong and bulletproof bodyguards for the Gorrah)

Other Character(s):

The Gorrah of the Sealed City (first appearance; the real ruler of the Sealed City)

Location(s):

Sealed City

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue and into next issue.

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Fifth Story: "Death from the Air" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Fred Guardineer
Lettering	Fred Guardineer
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Supporting Character(s):

Tong

Villain(s):

Tigress (in between issue #1/2 and #6/5; kills wealthy men from small airplanes)

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