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22March 1940
$0.10

Action Comics #22

DC · March 1940 · on sale 1940-01-26

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
March 1940
Key date
1940-03-00
On-sale date
1940-01-26
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Paul CassidyClark Kent, Superman
2Europe at War, Part 1comic story12.88script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Joe Shuster; inks: Paul CassidyClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, George Taylor
3The Spectre; More Fun Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.12pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard Baily
4New!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Joe Shuster
5-in-house column1letters: typeset
6Volunteer Firemancomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gene Baxter; inks: Gene BaxterPep Morgan
7Murder at the Slash-D Ranchcomic story4pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingChuck Dawson
8Beauty Was the Beastcomic story6pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffClip Carson
9Malay Headtext story1script: Frank Cooper; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer
13The Island Demoncomic story10script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyBob Daley, Tex Thomson
14-cartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
15Issue from Haiti; Belgian Itemtext article0.5colors: ? (black, blue and red letters); letters: typeset
17The Lost Scot Gold Mine, Part 2comic story6pencils: Christopher; inks: ChristopherFog Fortune, Gunner Bill, Whistler Will
18Wet Paintcomic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred SchwabRex; Rex's owner
19The "Mask"comic story11script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerZatara, Tigress
20Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2
ISBN 1-56389-426-2
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Limited Collectors' Edition #C-311974On eBay ›
The Superman Chronicles #3
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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]
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Superman: The Golden Age #2
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DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77952-833-9
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