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Action Comics (1938)Crime Paradise

byAlvin SchwartzWriterJerry SiegelWriter+22 more
DC ComicsAug 15, 1946USD $0.1052 pages
Slice of LifeWar
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Criminal mastermind Specs Dour blackmails prominent citizens by dosing them with a madness-inducing potion, then threatening their families for payment. When he uses Lois as leverage, Superman is forced to drink the potion himself.

Series
Action Comics (1938)
Issue Number
#101
Release Date
August 15, 1946
Cover Date
October 1946
Cover Price
USD $0.10
Page Count
52

Series Details

Title
Action Comics
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1938 - 2011
Issues Count
864

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Creators

Alvin Schwartz

Alvin Schwartz

Writer

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

Joe Samachson

Writer

Suat Yalaz

Suat Yalaz

Writer

Edwin Smalle

Artist, Penciller, Inker

Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster

Artist

Wayne Boring

Wayne Boring

Artist, Penciller, Cover Artist

Mort Meskin

Penciller

Phil Berube

Penciller, Inker

Stan Kaye

Stan Kaye

Penciller, Inker, Cover Artist

W. F. White

Penciller, Inker

Winslow Mortimer

Winslow Mortimer

Penciller

Characters

Lois Lane

Lois Lane

Lois Joanne Lane

Superman

Superman

Kal-El

Vigilante

Vigilante

Greg Saunders

Zatara

Zatara

Giovanni Zatara

Bruce Doyle

Congorilla

Congorilla

William Glenmorgan

Craig Dennison

Hayfoot Henry

Hayfoot Henry

Little Morton

Little Morton

P.J. Moran

Specs Dour

Stuff

Stuff

Jimmy Leong

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