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Action Comics 30

ACTION COMICS #30

Cover Date: November 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-09-20

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Cover Credits:


Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJack Burnley
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
George Taylor

Villain(s):

Zolar and his Arab minions (first appearance for all; creates machines that generate glowing radium spheres and that also control the weather; dies)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Ulonda (first appearance; a lost city in the Sahara Desert)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in mid-summer (late July or early August)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
The Superman Chronicles #4 (2008)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2013)
Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2017)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan (running Track for Midtown College)

Comment(s):

Pep went to Eastdale High School.
This story takes place at the end of the track and field season.


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Third Story: "The Red Raiders!" (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Villain(s):

Red Raiders (all die)
Captain Treble and his crew (first appearance for all; take control of the Sea Queen)

Comment(s):

This story continues from the previous issue and into next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Location(s):

Brazil


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley
District Attorney Maloney
Miss X

Villain(s):

Dr. Mixxo and his gang (first appearance for all; steals furs)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Sixth Story: "Mottled Death" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Tigress (in between issue #25/6 and #35/6)
her gang (includes a minor sorcerer who is no match for Zatara)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Kilgor (first appearance; a city of "ancient magic", abandoned in South America)


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