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    Action Comics #13

    Action Comics » Action Comics #13 - The Swamp of Satan released by DC Comics on June 1939.

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    The Swamp of Satan last edited by aphillips17 on 08/02/23 11:31PM View full history

    When the Ultrahumanite tries to dominate the world, Superman must defeat him!

    1. Untitled Superman story (Siegel/Shuster) - Superman takes on a protection racket and winds up meeting his first arch-nemesis, The Ultra-Humanite!
    2. Untitled Scoop Scanlon story (Ely)
    3. Untitled Pep Morgan story (Fox/Guardineer)
    4. Untitled Adventures of Marco Polo (Elven)
    5. "The Test Flight" [text story] - (Cummings)
    6. Untitled Tex Thomson story (Baily)
    7. Untitled Chuck Dawson story (Fleming)
    8. "The Swamp of Satan" featuring Zatara (Fox/Guardineer)
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    Superman's Bald Nemesis First Appears (No, it's not Luthor)! 0

    Superman reviews - celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Man of Steel!Review of the Superman story only:In this issue of Action Comics, Superman takes on a protection racket called 'The Cab Protective League'. On his morning cab ride, Clark's taxi is rammed by another cab. In the ensuing scuffle between cabbies, Clark learns that it was an attack by the Cab Protective League on an independent driver. He investigates and destroys the racket, sending the head man, Reynolds to Sing Sing. But Reyn...

    3 out of 3 found this review helpful.

    Action Comincs Review#13 0

    At the begining Superman is once again being a little bit rough with his enemies, destroying there possessions, throwing them and eaven (accidently) killing one of them. But we finally got a villain, and at my surprise it is not Lex Luthor, but the Ultra Humanites, a character I always tought was more associated with the Flash because of the justice league cartoon on tv. So a first villain is worthing 3 stars. For the rest of the bunch, Tex, Pep and Zatara saves the day again, I'll save you the...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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