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10March 1939
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Action Comics #10

DC · March 1939 · on sale 1939-01-25

First appearance: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#10
Publication date
March 1939
Key date
1939-03-00
On-sale date
1939-01-25
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Franklin D. Roosevelt - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterClark Kent, Superman
1-cartoon1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffGeorge Washington
2Superman Goes to Prisoncomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster, Joe Shuster, Paul Lauretta; letters: Paul LaurettaClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, George Taylor
3The Lefty Larroway Gang, Part 2comic story6pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyRusty James, Scoop Scanlon
4The Intercity Basketball Tournamentcomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gene Baxter; inks: Gene BaxterPep Morgan
5-comic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabRex (a dog)
6-cartoon0.5pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffFranklin D. Roosevelt First
8Episode 10comic story4pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén; letters: Sven ElvenMarco Polo
9Fighting Spirittext story1.9script: Richard Martin; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerTim Murphy; Jerry; Big Bill Carson; Tiger Powers
11Shanghaiedcomic story10script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyBob Daley, Tex Thomson
12Jon Hallcartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappJon Hall; Adolphe Menjou
13Historic Highlightstext article0.7letters: typeset
15The 4-G Gang, Part 10comic story6pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingChuck Dawson
16The Treasure of Ghenghis Khancomic story12script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerTigress, Tong, Zatara
17The Old Westcartoon1pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison

Plus 2.9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1
ISBN 1-56389-335-5		1998On eBay ›
The Superman Chronicles #1
ISBN 1-4012-0764-2		2006On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-4189-6		2013On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 #[nn]
ISBN 9780785832829		2015On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age #1
ISBN 9781401261092		2016On eBay ›
DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77952-833-9		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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