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Action Comics 47

ACTION COMICS #47

Cover Date: April 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-02-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: "Powerstone!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Sileka
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in Superman Vol. 1 #17/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Luthor (last in Superman Vol. 1 #13; next in Superman Vol. 1 #17/4)
High Priests (first appearance; remnants of an ancient civilization, worship the Powerstone)

Other Character(s):

Eight very wealthy evil men (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Krowak Mountain (first appearance; located near Skull Valley; location of the Powerstone)

Comment(s):

This story continues in Superman Vol. 1 #17/4.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #252 (June 1972)
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 (2001)
The Superman Chronicles #8 (2010)
Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)


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Second Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
ArtMort Meskin
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (next in Leading Comics #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

The Scorpion (first appearance; a green and yellow costumed villain; possibly drowns)

Other Character(s):

Lin Choo

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtLouis Cazenueve
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces (now part of the USAAF):
Fog Fortune
Gunner Bill
Whistler Will

Villain(s):

Japanese Navy

Location(s):

Near the Caroline Islands (in the South Pacific Ocean)


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Fourth Story: "The Skeletons in Armor" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America

Supporting Character(s):

Fatman

Villain(s):

Queen Bee and her gang (dress up midgets in skeletal armor and pose as undead vikings)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Red Khan (first appearance; leader of a band of bandits)

Other Character(s):

Janet Logan (first appearance; accompanying Congo Bill on his travels)

Location(s):

Africa


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (next in World's Finest Comics #5/2)

Villain(s):

Nargo, the Great Brain of Atlantis (first appearance; a great psionic ruler who survived the sinking of Atlantis; dies)

Location(s):

A small Atlantean outpost near the coast of Florida (first appearance; destroyed)


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