Action Comics Vol 1 20
From Hey Kids Comics
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Pages
68
Country
USA
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Appearing in "Superman And The Screen Siren"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
Ultra-Humanite
- Endless Winter (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jim (Single appearance)[1]
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- The "Sea-Serpent" Yacht
Synopsis for "Superman And The Screen Siren"Edit
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "At the Air Show"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Dee (Single appearance)[1]
Adversaries:
- Gambler (Single appearance)[1]
Other Characters:
- None
Locations:
- Earth-Two
- Ardale
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- Planes
Synopsis for "At the Air Show"Edit
Pep is invited by pilot Jimmy Dee to be his official mechanic for the next plane racing tournament.
Appearing in "Murder in Rattlesnake Canyon"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Blacky (Chuck's horse)
Adversaries:
Other Characters:
- Ned Squires (Only appearance; dies)
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Murder in Rattlesnake Canyon"Edit
Chuck comes across a murdered man, and the killers are still nearby.
Appearing in "The Ivory Safari (Part 2)"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- None
Adversaries:
- "Wolf" Lupo (Only appearance; dies)
- Mike (Only appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Wanangi Tribe (Final appearance)
- Zambi (Final appearance)
- Warriors (Final appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Ivory
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Ivory Safari (Part 2)"Edit
Clip Carson is still making his way through the African jungle, with his hired porters carrying the crates of ivory. But the villainous Wolf Lupo eventually catches up to them.
Lupo and his men tie up Clip and the natives, and Wolf grants Clip a last request, to let him play his harmonica one final time. The music travels through the jungle, and before they know it, from out of the brush come flying spears, hitting Wolf's men square in the chest and knocking them dead! The Wanangi tribe have come to help their friend Clip! Wolf tries to shoot Clip, but a spear impales him, and he falls flat, dead.
The Wanangi chief offers to help carry the ivory to the shore, it being the least they can do for one the tribe calls "friend".
Appearing in "The Zombies (Part 2)"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Bob Daley
- Gargantua T. Potts
Adversaries:
- Fuzzy-Wuzzy Tribe (Final appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bart Barryless (Final appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Zombies (Part 2)"Edit
(continued from last issue)
Tex Thomson, Bob Daley, and Gargantua T. Potts were administered the zombie serum, though fortunately, the salt they swallowed saved them from the effects. Now it was time to plot their escape as they are thrown in a hut with the zombified expedition team. Good thing they had extra salt with them to give to the other men.
Appearing in "Aerial Survey"Edit
Featured Characters:
- The Three Aces
- Fog Fortune
- Gunner Bill
- Whistler Will
Supporting Characters:
- Tony M'Crea (First appearance)
Adversaries:
- Fur Robbers (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- Mack M'Crea Template:1stUnnamed
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- The Three Aces' Planes
Synopsis for "Aerial Survey"Edit
During a survey of the river in the Alaskan mountains, the Three Aces spot the word "Help" written in the snow. Gunner parachutes down to investigate.
Appearing in "The Moon Men"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Nala of the Wingrace (First appearance)
Adversaries:
- Moon Men (Single appearance)[1] Template:Destroyed
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Moon Men"Edit
Zatara faces off against the moon-men! They reside in an underground, under-ocean cavernm and they pump iradium gas into several population centers, killing thousands of Europeans and Africans in coastal cities on both continents. Zatara is assisted by Nala of the Wingrace, a strange young woman with fairy-like wings. They infiltrate the moon men's city and turn their own gas against them, neutralizing the threat to humanity.
NotesEdit
- Superman and the Screen Siren is reprinted in Action Comics Archives, Volume 1.
TriviaEdit
- No trivia.
See Also[edit source]
- Discuss Action Comics Vol 1 20 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
- Images from Action Comics Vol 1 20
Recommended ReadingEdit
- None.
Links and ReferencesEdit
- None.
- Comics
- Week 48, 1939
- 1940
- 1940, January
- Golden-Age
- December 1, 1939
- Original Price $0.10
- Comics Published in USA
- Action Comics Vol 1
- DC Comics
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- USA
- Vincent Sullivan/Executive Editor
- Joe Shuster/Cover Artist
- Jerry Siegel/Writer
- Joe Shuster/Penciler
- Paul Cassidy/Inker
- Vincent Sullivan/Editor
- Gardner Fox/Writer
- Gene Baxter/Penciler
- Gene Baxter/Inker
- Homer Fleming/Writer
- Homer Fleming/Penciler
- Homer Fleming/Inker
- Bill Finger/Writer
- Bob Kane/Penciler
- Bob Kane/Inker
- Ken Fitch/Writer
- Bernard Baily/Penciler
- Bernard Baily/Inker
- Bernard Baily/Letterer
- Bert Christman/Penciler
- Bert Christman/Inker
- Fred Guardineer/Penciler
- Fred Guardineer/Inker
- Kal-L (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- George Taylor (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Ultra-Humanite (New Earth)/Appearances
- Delores Winters (New Earth)/Appearances
- Earth-Two/Appearances
- California/Appearances
- Hollywood/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Daily Star/Appearances
- Pep Morgan (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Charles Dawson (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Texas/Appearances
- 19th Century/Appearances
- Clip Carson (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Africa/Appearances
- Kenya/Appearances
- Harold Thompson (New Earth)/Appearances
- Robert Daley (New Earth)/Appearances
- Egypt/Appearances
- Alaska/Appearances
- John Zatara (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tong (New Earth)/Appearances
- London/Appearances
- Editor-in-Chief Credit Needed
- Colourist Credit Needed
- Letterer Credit Needed
- Synopsis Needed
- Notes Written