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ACTION COMICS #18
Cover Date: November 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-09-25
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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Guardineer
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Joe Shuster |
| Pencils | Paul Cassidy |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (uses X-Ray vision)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Gene Powers (first appearance; reporter for Morning Herald; attempts to blackmail a Senatorial candidate)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Earth-Two.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1 (1997)
- The Superman Chronicles #2 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Garrow (first appearance; tries to frame an old miner for murder to take his land)
Location(s):
- Out West
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue.
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Gorrah (also in flashback; attempts to take over Turkey)
- Zloga (first appearance; one of his transformed slaves)
Location(s):
- Turkey
Comment(s):
- Continues from the last issue.
Credits:
| Art | Bert Christman |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
- Three Aces
- Fog Fortune (first appearance; also in brief flashback)
- Whistler Will (first appearance; also in brief flashback)
- Gunner Bill (first appearance; also in brief flashback)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Tussin (first appearance; attempts to steal the three airplanes)
Location(s):
- Baghdad, Iran
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Fred Guardineer |
| Lettering | Fred Guardineer |
| Editing | Vin Sullivan |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Roor (first appearance; a gigantic octopus-like creature; destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Setap (regains her youth and asks Zatara to find Atlantis)
Location(s):
- Atlantis