Action Comics #36 for Sale - First Appearance of Doug Danville - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #36
Publication date: May 1941
Key date: 1941-05-00
On-sale date: 1941-03-21
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Doug Danville - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Black Owl - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray	Clark Kent, Superman
2	The Enemy Invasion	comic story	13	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Wayne Boring, Joe Shuster; inks: Wayne Boring	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
3	Money for You!	in-house column	2	letters: typeset
4	The Fur Thieves	comic story	6	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Pep Morgan
5	Fish Without Eyes	cartoon	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
7	Return to Spain	comic story	4	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	The Black Pirate, Jon Valor
8	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10	Cartoon Candid Camera	cartoon	0.5	script: Ray McGill; pencils: Ray McGill; inks: Ray McGill; letters: Ray McGill
12	The Mountain of Gold	comic story	6	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf	Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill, Whistler Will
13	The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
14	Blackmail	comic story	8	script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Mr. America, Tex Thomson
15	Tale of a Mule	text story	1.5	script: John Hilton; pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff Young
17	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
18	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
19	The Central American General	comic story	6	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Clip Carson
20	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Ray McGill; pencils: Ray McGill; inks: Ray McGill
23	The Dude Ranch Kidnappers	comic story	9	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joe Sulman; inks: Joe Sulman	Zatara
24	-	cartoon	0.5
25	Private!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-426-2	1998	On eBay ›
The Superman Chronicles #5 ISBN 978-1-4012-1851-5	2008	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-6324-9	2016	On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-7089-6	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #3536 of 866#37 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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