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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #53

DC · Series began 1938 · October 1942

Dates

Cover date
October 1942
On sale
August 15, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Burnley, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Meskin, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Fred Ray, Joe Sulmaninks: Jack Burnley, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Fred Ray, Joe Sulmanscript: Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Fox, Joseph Greene, Norman Goss, Fred Ray

Stories

  • The Man Who Put out the Sun! · 13 pages

    Superman must battle a renegade scientist who has mastered the ability to control darkness in order to subject Metrolpolis to a crime wave.

  • The Blackout Blues! · 12 pages
  • Wings Over the Pacific · 6 pages
  • Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur · 8 pages
  • A Simple Job · 2 pages
  • The Man Who Played King · 6 pages

    A gangster on the lam comes to Bill's jungle and sets himself up as a king.

  • Careful Chester · 1 pages
  • Crooks -- Handle with Care! · 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.

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