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ACTION COMICS #2
Cover Date: July 1938
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Leo O'Mealia (signed)
Colors: Jack Adler
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Joe Shuster |
| Lettering | Joe Shuster |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Emil Norvell (first appearance; a munitions magnate that is causing a war between San Monte and its neighbors)
Location(s):
- An unnamed large metropolitan city
- San Monte (first appearance; a South American country)
Comment(s):
- Kent sends his story to the Evening Star, Cleveland, Ohio.
- This story was originally drawn in comic strip format and redrawn and cut to fit the page layout of a comic book.
Credits:
| Art | Will Ely |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Rusty James
Location(s):
- Off the coast of Connecticut.
Comment(s):
- This story is printed in black and white.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (now a baseball player)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during the middle of the baseball season.
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bob Daley (first appearance; a fellow adventurer)
Villain(s):
- The Gorrah of the Sealed City (first appearance; a cyclopean king of a hidden city)
Location(s):
- Sealed City (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story continues into next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Zatara the Magician (now has mustache and speaks in backwards magic)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Adam Springer (first appearance; kills his brother to inherit a farm)