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Cover of Action Comics (1938) #26

Action Comics (1938) #26

DC 1938–2011 series Vol. 1 Cover date Jul 1940

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About this issue

Action Comics #26 (1938) is issue #26 of DC's Action Comics (1938–2011), with a cover date of July 1940. Written by Ken Fitch, Gardner Fox and Jerry Siegel and drawn by Bernard Baily, Paul Cassidy, Chad Grothkopf and others.

Creators

Writers
Ken Fitch, Gardner Fox, Jerry Siegel
Pencillers
Bernard Baily, Paul Cassidy, Chad Grothkopf, Fred Guardineer, Paul Lauretta, Sheldon Moldoff
Inkers
Bernard Baily, Chad Grothkopf, Fred Guardineer, Sheldon Moldoff, Siegel and Shuster Studio
Letterers
Bernard Baily, Frank Shuster
Cover artist
Wayne Boring

Characters

The stories

“Professor Cobalt's Clinic”

Professor Cobalt, proprietor of the Cobalt Clinic, has his advertisement turned down by the Daily Planet because it makes spurious claims. Clark runs him out after Cobalt gets aggressive with George Taylor. George gets Clark and Lois to investigate the clinic for an exposé.

“Trapped in the Snow”

On a hunting expedition to Saskatchewan, Canada, Pep and his friend Pierre are snowed in and must traverse hundreds of miles to get to the next outpost before another storm.

“Rescued”

The Black Pirate is trapped in a shark-infested sea. After fighting them off, he is picked up by another ship, run by Captain Courtney. When they dock at Savannah, Jon Valor leaves town on horseback. He meets up with a childhood friend, Jeanne, at an inn. That night, a bearded intruder comes to the inn and demands the Black Pirate.

“Ingrid Svenson's Inheritance”

Looking for adventure in California, Gunner encounters a crying girl, Ingrid Svensen, in a diner. She needs an flight to New Guinea to retrieve pearls from on top of Devil Mountain, pearls that her father left to her in his will. Once there, the Three Aces have to figure out how to help Ingrid get the pearls.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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