Action Comics #16
Superman And The Numbers Racket |
Front Cover |
Comic Details |
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Series |
Action Comics |
Issue |
16 |
Publication Date |
September 1939 |
Publisher |
DC Comics |
Language |
English |
Format |
Comic |
Age |
Golden |
Color |
Color |
Country |
USA |
Cover Price |
$0.10 |
Genre |
Adventure, Super-Heroes, Action |
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Creators |
Writer |
Jerry Siegel |
Penciller |
Joe Shuster |
Cover Artist |
Fred Guardineer |
Editor |
Vincent Sullivan |
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Characters |
Perry White |
Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent) |
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Additional References | action-comics | Action Comics | Comic Book Reference
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Plot |
Superman notices a suicidal man, and intervenes in time to save his life. He learns that gambling has destroyed the man's future, but Superman convinces him not to give up. Meanwhile, Superman wages a one man war on gambling, tearing up the numbers houses and destroying the tables quickly and effortlessly, ending the corruption all the way up to city hall itself. |
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