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28September 1940
$0.10

Action Comics #28

DC · September 1940 · on sale 1940-07-24

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
September 1940
Key date
1940-09-00
On-sale date
1940-07-24
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Paul Cassidy; inks: Paul CassidyClark Kent, Superman
2The Strongarm Assaultscomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Betty Burnley BentleyClark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, George Taylor
3-in-house column1letters: typeset
4Here Comes Superman Again!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Paul Cassidy; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Southpawcomic story6Pep Morgan
6The Chasecomic story4pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffThe Black Pirate, Jon Valor
7The Whole Storytext story2script: John Hilton; pencils: Kenney; inks: Kenney
8The Easter Island Godscomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Chad; inks: ChadFog Fortune, Gunner Bill, Whistler Will
9The Gorrah's Blackmail Racketcomic story8script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyBob Daley, Tex Thomson
10Napoleoncomic story1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
11The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)0.75
13All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Creig Flessel, Harry Lampert, Jon Blummer, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Mayer; inks: Creig Flessel, Harry Lampert, Jon Blummer, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Mayer
14New York World's Fair Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley
17The Hollywood Jewel Theft Ringcomic story6pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffClip Carson
18Howard Jonescomic story1
21The Gringo Gangcomic story11script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerZatara

Plus 5.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Canadianprice 0.15 CAD

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2
ISBN 1-56389-426-2
1998On eBay ›
The Superman Chronicles #4
ISBN 978-1-4012-1658-0
2008On 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 Golden Age #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-6530-4
2017On eBay ›

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