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Action Comics 98

ACTION COMICS #98

Cover Date: July 1946
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1946-11-13

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Ed Dobrotka


Story: "Starring Suzie!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsIra Yarbrough
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Perry White
Susie Tompkins (last in Superman #40; next in issue #110)

Villain(s):

Two jewelry thieves (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Mrs. Tompkins (first appearance?)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two and features the Golden Age versions of characters.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #5 (2018)


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Second Story: "Fish Catches Man!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWilliam White
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Villain(s):

Alec Burley (first appearance; fishes with a shotgun and dynamite; shown the error of his ways by a bunch of fish who catch him!)


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Third Story: "The Perilous Pearls!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlvin Schwartz
ArtEd Smalle
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Congo Bill

Villain(s):

Rufe Murdock and his crew (first appearance for all; burns down a house and kills and invalid to get to pearls)

Location(s):

Hiva-Luva (first appearance; a small Pacific island)


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Fourth Story: "Treasure of the Ancients!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsMort Meskin
InksGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Supporting Character(s):

Stuff (Victor Leong; first appearance; see Comments)

Villain(s):

Scar Bronson and his gang (first appearance for all; Fats named)

Comment(s):

At some point, Victor, the younger brother of Jimmy, replaces him as the assistant to the Vigilante. This is the latest point in both character's chronologies that this can take place, but exact placement of the events of Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice #1 is not possible at this time.


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