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Action Comics 62

ACTION COMICS #62

Cover Date: July 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1943-05-11

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley


Story: "There'll Always Be a Superman!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsSam Citron
InksDon Komisarow
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (also in flashback; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (in flashback)

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all; in Captain Storm's story)

Other Character(s):

Captain Storm (first appearance; 22nd Century ancestor of Captain Zeb Storme)
Alice and her friends (first appearance; Captain Storme's granddaughter)

Location(s):

Dornley Deep (first appearance; a small fishing village on the east coast)

Comment(s):

The non-flashback portions of this story take place in 2143, an alternate future of Earth-Two. Superman appears and relates that he is still keeping watch over humanity and aiding them through scientific research.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)


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Second Story: "The Crime Carnival!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Mungo and his gang (first appearance of all; con a small town to hold a winter carnival so they can rob it)

Location(s):

Arcturus (first appearance; a small town in the mountains)

Comment(s):

This story probably happens in the late winter or early spring.


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Third Story: "The Loyal Traitor!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtLouis Cazenueve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces:
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Toulon, France


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Fourth Story: "The Blitz Barge!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Americommando

Villain(s):

Doctor Ito
Nazis

Location(s):

Romania


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Fifth Story: "Island of Peril!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtEd Smalle
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Japanese Navy (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

An unnamed island in the Arctic Circle


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Sixth Story: "The Money Buyer" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Mark Golden and his gang (first appearance of all; an antique dealer who picks up change that will open a safe filled with money)

Location(s):

Gotham City


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