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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #57

DC · Series began 1938 · February 1943

Dates

Cover date
February 1943
On sale
December 12, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Meskin, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmaninks: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Louis Cazeneuve, Bernard Baily, Joe Sulmanscript: Josette Frank, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Fox, Joseph Greene, Sidney Elias, Ed Tarrletters: Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • Crime's Comedy King! · 13 pages

    The Prankster creates an organization called the Appreciation Society as a front for robberies, even claiming that he knows the secret to Superman's invulnerability.

  • The Feud of the Rimfire Ridge! · 12 pages
  • Veiled Desert Bandits! · 6 pages
  • Mightier Than the Sword · 8 pages
  • The Condor · Stamps · 1 pages
  • Naval Engagement · 2 pages
  • The Galloping Ghosts · 6 pages

    Bill foils the construction of a secret German airbase in Argentina.

  • Treasure Trove · 9 pages

Reprinted in

Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (1972), Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016), DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (2020)

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

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