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ACTION COMICS #97

Cover Date: June 1946
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1944-11-14

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: John Sikela

Story: "The Magician's Convention!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	John Sikela
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White

Hocus and Pocus and Motion (their rabbit)

Villain(s):

Conrad the Conjurer (first appearance; a crooked magician)

Gregor the Great (first appearance; uses the magic show as a cover to rob the hotel)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #272 (February 1974)

Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)

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Second Story: "The Animal Master!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (next in Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (next in Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice #1)

Villain(s):

P.T. Fanger (first appearance; an animal trainer who uses the animals to commit crimes)

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Third Story: "The Reindeer Racketeers!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alvin Schwartz
Art	Ed Smalle
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Reindeer rustlers (first appearance for all; Yukon Pete named)

Location(s):

Somewhere above the Arctic Circle

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Fourth Story: "Magic Sports!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	William White
Assistant editing	Mort Weisinger
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (last in World's Finest Comics #22/3)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the spring.

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