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ACTION COMICS #33
Cover Date: February 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-12-20
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Cover Credits:
Art: Wayne Boring
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Brett Hall (first appearance; a lumber executive who kills his brother; dies)
- Francois Berner (first appearance; a large burly lumberjack working for Hall)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- North Woods
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
- The Superman Chronicles #3 (2007)
- Superman: The Golden Age #2 (2016)
Solicitation:
- Clark and Lois investigate cases of sabotage and mysterious deaths at a lumber camp!
Credits:
| Art | George Papp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Pep Morgan (aids the FBI in finding a stolen air rifle)
Villain(s):
- A Foreign Spy (first appearance; steals an air rifle that shoots gas bullets)
Other Character(s):
- "Slim" Pickins (first appearance; Pep's college roommate)
Location(s):
- Brentville
Comment(s):
- Pep is a student at Midtown College, near Brentville.
Credits:
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Lu-Chan (first appearance; a pirate Chinese pirate)
Other Character(s):
- A Lady Pirate (first appearance?)
Location(s):
- Atlantic Ocean
Comment(s):
- This story continues in the next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mongolian bandits (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Mongolia
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tex Thompson (takes on the heroic identity of Mister America beginning with this story; begins dyeing his hair black)
Supporting Character(s):
- Bob Daley
- NY Special Prosecutor Maloney
Villain(s):
- Saboteurs (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Atlantic Ocean
Comment(s):
- This story is retold in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #29/3 with new details.
- This story takes place in late November, 1940.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Fred Hart (first appearance; tries to steal a platinum idol; turned into platinum)
Location(s):
- Catskill Mountains, NY
- Matto Grasso, Brazil