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The Man Who Put Out the Sun; The Blackout Blues; Wings Over the Pacific; Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur; The Man who Played King; Crooks - Handle with Care

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Lois Lane wakes to find her city block plunged into an artificial darkness, and runs into a jewel thief using the cover to rob unseen. Superman traces the source of the manufactured blackouts enabling a crime wave across Metropolis.

Issue Details

Series
Action Comics (1938)
Issue Number
#53
Release Date
August 18, 1942
Cover Price
$0.10
Cover Date
October 1942
Page Count
68 pages

Series Details

Title
Action Comics
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1938 - 2011
Issues Count
909
Genres
Slice of Life, War, Historical, Superhero, Sports, Crime, Western, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Anthro, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy
Format
Standard
Age Rating
12+
Original Language
English
Language
English

Creators
Bernard Baily

Bernard Baily

Penciller, Inker

Cliff Young

Cliff Young

Penciller, Inker

Fred Ray

Fred Ray

Writer, Penciller, Inker

Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox

Writer

George Roussos

George Roussos

Inker

Henry Boltinoff

Henry Boltinoff

Writer, Penciller, Inker

Jack Burnley

Jack Burnley

Penciller, Inker, Cover Artist

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

John Sikela

Penciller

Louis Cazeneuve

Penciller, Inker

Mort Meskin

Mort Meskin

Penciller

Mort Weisinger

Mort Weisinger

Editor

Characters
Clancy

Clancy

Clancy the Cop

Fat Man

Fat Man

Robert Daley

Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Perry White

Perry White

Perry Jerome White

Sgt Casey

Sgt Casey

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Tex Thomson

Tex Thomson

Harold Thompson

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Zatara

Zatara

Giovanni Zatara

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Fog Fortune

Fog Fortune

Gunner Bill

Gunner Bill

Bill

Teams

Daily Planet

Daily Planet

Three Aces

Three Aces

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