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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #54

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1942

Dates

Cover date
November 1942
On sale
September 15, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Burnley, John Sikela, Cliff Young, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Meskin, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmaninks: Jack Burnley, John Sikela, Cliff Young, Henry Boltinoff, George Roussos, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmanscript: Josette Frank, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Sidney Elias, Gardner Fox, Joseph Greene, Norman Goss

Stories

  • The Pirate of Pleasure Island · 13 pages

    The Man of Tomorrow must face what appears to be the worst buccaneer that ever plagued the Seven Seas in years past, who has mysteriously returned to attack 20th Century merchantmen.

  • The Rookie Who Fought a Ghost · 12 pages
  • Hispaniola · Stamps · 1 pages
  • Fire over Yunnanfu Road · 6 pages
  • Destination Berlin · 8 pages
  • The Old Fireball · 2 pages
  • Idol of Doom · 6 pages

    Bill rescues an explorer from a Central American wolf cult and exposes their high priest as a treasure hunter.

  • Tickets, Please · 0.44 pages
  • Recipe for Robbery · 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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