Cover of The Emperor of America; Sing a Song of Six Guns; The Battle of a Thousand Years; The Case of the Stolen Spectacles; The One Man Army; Crime on Ice

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The Emperor of America; Sing a Song of Six Guns; The Battle of a Thousand Years; The Case of the Stolen Spectacles; The One Man Army; Crime on Ice

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Across America, people are mysteriously losing their will and becoming passive, and Clark Kent suspects a deliberate plot. The spreading apathy allows a would-be strongman to walk unchallenged toward seizing power at the highest levels of government.

Issue Details

Series

Action Comics (1938)

Issue Number

#52

Release Date

July 17, 1942

Cover Price

$0.10

Cover Date

September 1942

Page Count

68 pages

Series Details

Publisher

DC Comics

Type

Regular Series

Status

Completed

Run

1938 - 2011

Issues Count

867

Genres

Slice of Life, War, Historical, Superhero, Sports, Crime, Western, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Anthro, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy

Format

Standard

Age Rating

T - Teen

Original Language

English

Language

English

Creators

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Bernard Baily

Bernard Baily

Penciller, Inker

Cliff Young

Cliff Young

Penciller, Inker

Fred Ray

Fred Ray

Penciller, Inker, Cover Artist, Writer

Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

Writer

Henry Boltinoff

Henry Boltinoff

Writer, Penciller, Inker

Jake Elphick

Penciller

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

Joe Samachson

Writer

John Sikela

Penciller, Inker

Louis Cazeneuve

Penciller, Inker

Mort Meskin

Mort Meskin

Penciller

Mort Weisinger

Mort Weisinger

Editor

Characters

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Jimmy Olsen

Jimmy Olsen

James Bartholomew Olsen

Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Perry White

Perry White

Perry Jerome White

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Tex Thomson

Harold Thompson

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Zatara

Zatara

Giovanni Zatara

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Fog Fortune

Fog Fortune

Gunner Bill

Gunner Bill

Bill

Private Pete

Private Pete

Pete

Teams

Daily Planet

Daily Planet

Three Aces

Three Aces

United States Army

United States Army

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