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Action Comics 86

ACTION COMICS #86

Cover Date: July 1945
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1945-05-14

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Burnley
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Enchanted Mountain!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtIra Yarbrough
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (possibly travels back in time)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

An unnamed evil wizard in the past (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Morabia (first appearance; a small southeastern European town that was menaced in the past by a wizard)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #272 (February 1974)
Best of DC #38 (July 1983)
Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)


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Second Story: "Mystery Marauder!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtJohn Daly
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Red and Randall (first appearance for both; kill a diamond merchant and frame a tiger for the crime)

Other Character(s):

Rajah Gul Khan (first appearance; a young friend of Bill's)

Location(s):

India


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Third Story: "Orient of the Occident!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
PencilsMort Meskin
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (next in Adventure Comics #438/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

"Tien Fu Tong" (first appearance for all; a gang that dresses up as Chinese gang members)

Other Character(s):

Wang Shi (first appearance; Stuff's uncle; runs a "tourist trap")

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Chinatown


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Fourth Story: "Crime -- Off the Record!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWilliam White
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (next in World's Finest Comics #18/3)

Villain(s):

Butch Baker and his gang (first appearance for all; tries to trick Zatara that he's gone straight)


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