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ACTION COMICS #57
Cover Date: February 1943
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1942-12-12
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Cover Credits:
Art: John Sikela
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | John Sikela |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Prankster (appears between Superman #20 and #22/3)
- King Ruggles and his gang (first appearance; a crime boss)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #9 (August-September 1973)
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #4 (2005)
- Superman: Golden Age Omnibus #3 (2016)
Solicitation:
- The Prankster creates an organization called the Appreciation Society as a front for robberies. Things get much worse for the Man of Steel as the Prankster also claims to have discovered Superman's weakness!
Credits:
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Lettering | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Vigilante (last in Leading Comics #5/flashback in Young All-Stars #27)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Earl Simmons (first appearance; tries to reignite a hillbilly feud)
Location(s):
- Rimfire Ridge (in the hill country)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Italian Fascists
Location(s):
- Sahara Desert, Africa
Credits:
| Story | Joseph Greene |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Americommando (also disguised as Jean Valjean, a French sympathizer artist)
Villain(s):
- Doctor Ito
- Nazis
Location(s):
- Occupied France
Credits:
| Art | John Daly |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- German saboteurs (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
- Argentina
Credits:
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Black Bart and his gang (first appearance for all; try to beat a War Defense Committee to a pirate's treasure)
Location(s):
- East Coast