Action Comics Vol 1 17

From Hey Kids Comics


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August 31, 1939
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Appearing in "The Return of the Ultra-Humanite"Edit

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Other Characters:

  • None

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  • None

Vehicles:

  • Steamship "Clarion"

Synopsis for "The Return of the Ultra-Humanite"Edit

  • Synopsis not yet written.

    Appearing in "On the Ranch"Edit

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Mr. Smith
  • Mary Smith

Adversaries:

  • Pedro (Single appearance)[1]

Other Characters:

  • Buck (Single appearance)[1]

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Items:

  • None

Vehicles:

  • Airplane

Synopsis for "On the Ranch"Edit

Pep and his friends, Mr. Smith and Mary, take a vacation out at Smith's ranch. Pedro, one of the ranch hands, is caught whipping a horse, and when Pep tries to stop it, Pedro lays into him! Mr. Smith fires Pedro on the spot! Later that day Pep, Mary and her father tour the range on horseback. A bullet suddenly whizzes by, just missing Pep, but making a hole in his hat! They can just make out the form of Pedro before he runs off between the boulders. As soon as they return, Mr. Smith gives orders to his foreman, Buck, to gather a search party to bring Pedro in.

That night, when everyone has turned in, Pedro returns to the house and starts a fire outside. The whinnying of the horses as Pedro tries to steal one wakes Pep up and brings him to the window. He hurriedly alerts the others. Using a line of people to pass each other buckets of water, the fire is eventually extinguished. Because they were so quick to respond, Pedro hadn't enough time to grab a horse. He is quickly tracked down and beaten up by Pep. Mr. Smith stops Pep, telling him to leave some for the sheriff and the others at Pedro's "necktie party".

Appearing in "The Mysterious Rescue"Edit

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Supporting Characters:

  • Kargan (Single appearance)[1]

Adversaries:

  • Abu El-Kaf (Final appearance)

Other Characters:

  • None

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  • None

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  • None

Synopsis for "The Mysterious Rescue"Edit

(Continued from last issue...)
Marco is rescued from El Kaf's slavers by Kargan and his band. The next morning, Marco and Kargan decide to pay Abu El Kaf a visit, to put an end to his cruel slave-driving ways once and for all. At El Kaf's palace, inside the walled city, Kargan and his men deal with the guards, while Marco gives chase to the fleeing Abu!

Appearing in "The Cult of the Tiger (Part I)"Edit

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Supporting Characters:

  • Japur Chunda (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Adversaries:

  • Cult of the Tiger (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Jaffeer (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • Panjore (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

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Synopsis for "The Cult of the Tiger (Part I)"Edit

Clip Carson is exploring the Bengal jungle, when a cry reaches his ears, followed by the roar of a big cat. Clip follows the sounds to a man being attacked by a tiger! He fires his rifle at the beast, slaying it. The man he saved, Clip finds out, is an old college buddy of his, Japur Chunda. Japur confides that he was being threatened by a group calling themselves the Cult of the Tiger, a group that assassinated his father months earlier. Clip decides to help his old friend fight them off.

Chunda introduces Clip to his step-brother Jaffeer, and cousin Panjore, with whom he shares his estate. That night, Clip converses with Jaffeer about his theory that the cult is murdering in order to gain possession of the estate and surrounding land. His fathers death means that his brother, Japur, was the next in line to the inheritance. Suddenly, Clip hears a sound outside the study, and he is about to open the door to find out who it was...

Appearing in "The Return of the Gorrah (Part I)"Edit

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Adversaries:

  • One-Eyed Gorrah

Other Characters:

  • Gargantua T. Potts

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  • None

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  • None

Synopsis for "The Return of the Gorrah (Part I)"Edit

  • Synopsis not yet written.

    Appearing in "The Stage Hold-up"Edit

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Blacky (Chuck's horse)

Adversaries:

  • Gun-Hawks (Single appearance)[1]
    • Ham (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • Sheriff (Single appearance)[1]

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  • None

Vehicles:

  • a Stagecoach

Synopsis for "The Stage Hold-up"Edit

Chuck Dawson is held up by two ne'er-do-wells as he rides down the trail. They expect him to help them rob an incoming stagecoach carrying gold in from Red Valley. But Chuck would never help a pair of crooks, even if his life was in the balance! Catching them off guard, Chuck slips away on his horse, riding until they're bullets can no longer reach him. He rounds back, taking a shortcut to the top of a cliff where he can watch over the stagecoach as it passes beneath him in a rush. Shots are fired from the pursuing bandits, Chuck takes his gun and fires at them, felling one and sending the other running. The coach and it's gold delivery is saved, and Chuck rides off for his next adventure.

Appearing in "The Peril of Ophir"Edit

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Supporting Characters:

  • None

Adversaries:

  • Setap (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Beth Jordan (Single appearance)[1]
  • John Jordan (Single appearance)[1]

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  • None

Synopsis for "The Peril of Ophir"Edit

  • Synopsis not yet written.



NotesEdit

  • "The Return of the Ultra-Humanite" originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Action Comics Archives, Volume 1 in which this story is reprinted.
  • Final Marco Polo story in this issue. Ends on a cliffhanger.


TriviaEdit

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks