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Action Comics , #2

Published: July 1938

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biplanes; parachuting

"Hunter narrowly escapes death..."

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Found on inside front cover.

Revolution in San Monte

Story Featuring Superman

"As they topple like a plummet to the street below, eighty stories distant, Greer shrieks insanely the entire length of the building!"

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Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from being executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.

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Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged. No black shading used. Clark works for the [Cleveland] Evening News. Superman wears blue boots. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich.

The Shipwreck

Story Featuring Scoop Scanlon

"The private yacht of Sinclair Wentworth is anchored off the coast..."

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A storm crashes a yacht onto a rocky reef and Scoop Scanlon helps the coast guard rescue the passengers.

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Printed in black and white.

Glass Arm

Story Featuring Pep Morgan

"Pep Morgan has just recovered from an operation on his right arm which had..."

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Elmer the Eel

"Thief! Police!"

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Story Featuring The Adventures of Marco Polo

"By the daring of the Polo's [sic], the bandits find themselves caught in their own trap."

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In a narrow mountain pass, Marco sends an avalanche onto the bandits threatening the Polo caravan. The few survivors are taken as hostage for save passage through this dangerous land.

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The story continues from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

South Sea Strategy [Part 2]
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Bret Coleman rescues a young lady from ritual sacrifice by island natives.

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The Sealed City [Part 1]

Story Featuring Tex Thomson

"In his search for adventure..."

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The One-Eyed Gorrah rules a legendary city that had been buried by a volcano. However, he had overthrown the “real” Gorrah and Tex Thompson and Bob Daley team up with the “real” Gorrah to retake his throne.

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Gorrah returns later for revenge and apparently dies early in Tex's career as the masked patriotic hero Mr. America.

Vindication

"Dad didn't come home last night."

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Disgraced police inspector Bob Donald disappears and his son Bobby is determined to find him.

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Story Featuring Chuck Dawson

"Chuck Dawson is felled by a bullet in a sidewalk encounter with Trigger and Butch..."

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Having escaped from jail, Chuck continues his quest to bring down the A-G gang who stole his father's property.

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Printed in black and white. The story continues from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

The Haunted Farm

Story Featuring Zatara

"Zatara is on his tour of the United States and travels cross-country in his car."

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Zatara investigates a murder on a reportedly haunted farm.

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Gardner Fox credit from an interview in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #20 (January 2003) in which Fox states this was his first Zatara story.

Play Ball

"'Lefty' Vernon Gomez may be a nervous and jumpy person, but when he's on..."

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Starts with a mini-profile of "Lefty" Vernon Gomez, and then discusses pitching and various pitches. Found on the inside back cover.

Story Featuring Superman

"Attention all American youth!"

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House advertisement promoting "Superman's own course in: Acquiring Super-Strength!"

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Ad Featuring Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog

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Back cover.

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