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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #49

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1942

Dates

Cover date
June 1942
On sale
April 14, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Fred Ray, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Meskin, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmaninks: Fred Ray, Ed Dobrotka, Henry Boltinoff, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmanscript: Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Fox, Ken Fitch, John Hilton, Fred Ray, Josette Frank

Stories

  • The Puzzler!! · 13 pages

    Superman must battle a twisted intellect who utilizes the principles of parlor games, tricks and puzzles to commit clever crimes.

  • The Rainbow Man · 12 pages
  • The Mystery of the Meandering Mansion · 6 pages
  • The Crime Machine · 8 pages
  • Safeguard · 2 pages
  • The Last Shipment! · 6 pages

    Bill helps escort a convoy of supplies over the Burma Road to China.

  • The Story of the Magical Mobsters! · 9 pages

Reprinted in

Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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