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Action Comics , #21

Published: February 1940

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Story Featuring Superman

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The Atomic Disintegrator

Story Featuring Superman

"As he walks towards the Daily Star..."

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Ultra hears of the invention by Terry Curtis of an atomic disintegrator he has created and vows to get it, all in order to further advance his plan to dominate the world.

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Oddity: on page 1, Clark Kent mysteriously is shown in a suit, then undershirt, and back to suit again with no explanation. The last panel of the story introduces by illustration and text a new feature called The Spectre. Inker was formerly suggested as Dennis Neville, but the style is very close to confirmed Cassidy art.

The Florida Handicap Race

Story Featuring Pep Morgan

"Hello, Mr. Johns..."

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Writer credit added by Craig Delich. On page four Pep is reading an issue of "Action Comics".

Story Featuring Chuck Dawson

"For many long hours, Chuck has followed the twists..."

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The Gun-Running Racket

"Algiers..City of mystery and intrigue..."

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Moldoff signs on the final page.

The Doll Murders

Story Featuring Tex Thomson

"Having recuperated from their harrowing experiences..."

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Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

A Blaze of Glory
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The Lost Scot Gold Mine, Part 1
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"Montana beat Wolgast..."

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The Deaths on the Moor

Story Featuring Zatara

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Zatara is visiting Lord Ralway in Sussex, England, and his host mentions in the first panel that they are close to where Sherlock Holmes "used to perform his feats of detection". Holmes did retire to Sussex in his old age, but the plot makes greater use of themes from "The Hound of the Baskervilles", which occur mainly on Dartmoor, in the county of Devon.

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Back cover.

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Inside back cover.

1940's Fair Honored
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Page includes lots of small ads from stamps dealers.

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Several small ads in the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.

Last Chance... Act Now!!
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Inside front cover.