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Action Comics 41

ACTION COMICS #41

Cover Date: October 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-08-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Ralph Cowan and his gang (first appearance; saboteur for hire; Steve Grant named)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 (2001)
The Superman Chronicles #7 (2009)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan

Villain(s):

Tuerto and his gang (first appearance for all; bandits)

Location(s):

A large South American ranch

Comment(s):

This story takes place during a school vacation.
This is the final Pep Morgan story published.


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Bonnie/Bonita

Villain(s):

Amora (first appearance; bleach-white High Priestess of the Temple of Ora)

Location(s):

Gibralter
North Africa

Comment(s):

This story continues from the last issue and into the 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):

Roy (first appearance; an old friend of the Three; sabotages their aircraft, but accidentally endangers his young son)

Location(s):

Cleveland, OH


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America

Supporting Character(s):

District Attorney Mallory

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; attempt to steal a gold shipment aboard a ship)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Thompson flies a small plane shaped like an eagle and painted red, white and blue.


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Sixth Story: "Jungle Drums!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Ray
ArtFred Ray
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Kent
Shiela Hanlen

Villain(s):

Scheller (first appearance; a German agent who tries to incite the natives to kill the British; possibly dies)

Location(s):

A British colony in Africa


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Seventh Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (next in World's Finest Comics #3/6)

Villain(s):

Utah Sill and his gang (first appearance for all; try to force a rancher off of his lands)

Location(s):

Texas


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