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Action Comics 52

ACTION COMICS #52

Cover Date: September 1942
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-07-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: "The Emperor of America!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Sikela
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White
Lois Lane
Jimmy Olsen

Villain(s):

Emperor of America (first appearance; uses a broadcast beam to lower the resistance and initiative of people and takes over America)

Other Character(s):

President of the United States

Location(s):

Metropolis
Washington, DC

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 #5 (2020)


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Second Story: "Sing a Song of Six Guns!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsMort Meskin
InksCliff Young
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante (last, behind the scenes in All-Star Squadron #32; origins reviewed in flashback; signs a five-year radio contract)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (learns Greg's secret identity)

Villain(s):

Three crooks (first appearance of all; steal a Stradivarius violin)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Third Story: "The Battle of a Thousand Years!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Gunner Bill
Whistler Will

Villain(s):

Japanese warriors (first appearance of all; battle descendants of Chinese warriors since the 11th Century)

Location(s):

A hidden valley (first appearance)


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Fourth Story: "The Case of the Stolen Spectacles!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoseph Greene
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Mister America (last in Young All-Stars Annual #1)

Villain(s):

Herr Mueller and his gang (first appearance of all; a Fifth Columnist and spy who tries to smuggle out plans on a pair of glasses)


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Fifth Story: "The One Man Army!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFred Ray
ArtFred Ray
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Japanese Army (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

China


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Sixth Story: "Crime on Ice!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician (last, behind the scenes in All-Star Squadron #32; next in World's Finest Comics #7/2)

Villain(s):

Bad Butch and his gang (first appearance of all; attempt to get a skating show to pay protection)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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