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Action Comics 43

ACTION COMICS #43

Cover Date: December 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-10-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsLeo Nowak
InksEd Dobrotka
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Dutch O'Leary (first appearance; a former pilot who sabotages an airline's flights)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Brentville (first appearance; a long way from Metropolis)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 (2001)
The Superman Chronicles #7 (2009)
Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
ArtMort Meskin
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (next in flashback in Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Betty Stuart (first appearance; a blues singer)
Billy Gunn (first appearance; a Times Square arcade attendant who tries to be a cowboy)

Villain(s):

The Shade (first appearance; a crime boss who acts like a ghostly figure)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Third Story: "The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces:
Fog Fortune
Gunner Bill
Whistler Will

Other Character(s):

Opal (first appearance; high priestess of a forgotten Atlantean city/outpost)

Location(s):

Brazil


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Fourth 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):

Fatman
Maloney (the District Attorney)

Villain(s):

Rebok and his gang (first appearance; stops defense work going on in Center City)
Black (first appearance; political fixer for the Mayor; secretly working for Rebok)

Location(s):

Center City (first appearance)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Supporting Character(s):

Professor James Kent
Shiela Hanlen

Villain(s):

Rodney Fortescue (first appearance; a German spy posing as a researcher; probably dies)

Location(s):

Africa


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Honeyboy Hannis (first appearance; a criminal who runs the politics in Forrest City)

Location(s):

Forrest City


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