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Action Comics 37

ACTION COMICS #37

Cover Date: June 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1941-04-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtPaul Cassidy
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (temporarily becomes Police Commissioner)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White

Villain(s):

Kennedy and his gang (first appearance of all; former Police Commissioner who kills several others in line for the job)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan

Supporting Character(s):

Slim Pickins

Villain(s):

Gambling swindlers and Loan Sharks (first appearance of all; many die)

Location(s):

Midwest College


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Third Story: "The Lost City of Atlantis" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

Normen (first appearance; an underground group of raiders)

Other Character(s):

Sasha (first appearance; an Atlantean)

Location(s):

Azore Islands
An underground Atlantean outpost near the Azores

Comment(s):

This story continues into the next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance of all)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Ray
ArtFred Ray
LetteringFred Ray
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill (last in More Fun Comics #67)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor James Kent (last in More Fun Comics #67)

Villain(s):

Mungo and his troops (first appearance of all; attempt to overthrow an outpost)


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Baseball game fixers (first appearance of all)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during baseball season.


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