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Action Comics #57

DC · Series began 1938 · February 1943

Dates

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

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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

Publisher’s description

The Prankster creates an organization called the Appreciation Society as a front for robberies. Things get much worse for the Man of Steel as the Prankster also claims to have discovered Superman’s weakness!

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)

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