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14July 1939
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Action Comics #14

DC · July 1939 · on sale 1939-05-29

First appearance: Clip Carson
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
July 1939
Key date
1939-07-00
On-sale date
1939-05-29
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Clip Carson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerClark Kent, Superman, Tong, Zatara
1Adventure Comics; Detective Comics; Fun Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
2Superman Meets the Ultra-Humanitecomic story12.87script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Paul CassidyClark Kent, Superman, The Ultra-Humanite
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.13pencils: Joe Shuster, Leo O'Mealia; inks: Joe Shuster, Leo O'Mealia; colors: Strauss Engraving Company
4-cartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappFeng Tuhsiang; Leuben
5The Opportunity of a Life Time!in-house column1letters: typesetSuperman
6The Journey Home, Part 2comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Gene Baxter; inks: Gene BaxterPep Morgan
7Episode 14comic story4pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven ElvenMarco Polo
8The Pharaoh's Treasure, Part 1comic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneClip Carson First
9A Tough Spottext story1.9script: Gardner Fox, Terry Keane; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerBill Harvey; Hank Murray
12The Miss Abeland Affaircomic story10script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyBob Daley, Tex Thomson
13Interesting Triangle-Shaped Stamps; Stamp Odditiestext article1.4letters: typesetKing Leopold I
15The 4-G Gang, Part 14comic story6pencils: Homer Fleming; inks: Homer FlemingChuck Dawson
16The Fountain of Youthcomic story12script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerTong, Zatara
17-cartoon1pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry GilkisonSteve Burke; William Tilghman; Jessie Fremont; John C. Fremont; Dave Cook
18Movie Comics; All-American Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill Smith

Plus 1.7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman #[1]1939On eBay ›
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #1
ISBN 1-56389-335-5		1998On eBay ›
Superman in the Forties #[nn]
ISBN 1401204570		2005On eBay ›
The Superman Chronicles #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-1215-5		2007On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-4189-6		2013On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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