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ACTION COMICS #49

Cover Date: June 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-04-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray

Story: "The Puzzler!!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen

Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Puzzler (first appearance; mastermind who uses games and puzzles in his crimes; next in Superman Vol. 1 #20)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 (2001)

The Superman Chronicles #9 (2011)

Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)

Superman: The Golden Age #4 (2018)

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Second Story: "The Rainbow Man" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Cliff Young
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff

Villain(s):

Rainbow Man (in between issues #46/2 and #53/2)

Rainbow Man's gang (help spring him from prison)

Dictionary (in between issues #46/2 and #53/2)

other unidentified members

Other Character(s):

prison guards

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Third Story: "The Mystery of the Meandering Mansion!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Louis Cazenueve
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces (now part of the USAAF):

Fog Fortune

Gunner Bill

Whistler Will

Villain(s):

German spies

Location(s):

Death Valley, CA

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Fourth Story: "The Crime Machine!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ken Fitch
Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America

Supporting Character(s):

Fatman

Villain(s):

Queen Bee and her gang (revealed to be Lissa Raven who was driven to crime due to a psychological maladjustment due to her father's machine)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Raven (first appearance; Lissa's father)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Fifth Story: "The Last Shipment!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Fred Ray
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Japanese Army

Cameo Appearance(s):

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Burma

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Sixth Story: "The Story of the Magical Mobsters!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Joseph Sulman
Assistant editing	Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Monk Morris and his gang (first appearance for all; learns stage magic to help him in committing crimes)

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