Action Comics #23 (of 1000000)
Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Treasure Tower
April 1st, 1940
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Number:
23
(of 904)
Name:
Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Treasure Tower
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Cover date:
April 1st, 1940
Store date:
February 22nd, 1940
- Untitled Superman story (Siegal/Shuster/Cassidy) - Lois and Clark are covering the war in Europe, and anxiously await the peace negotiations between Toran and Galonia. However, the Galonian delegation is blown up on its way to the meeting, and it turns out that evil genius Luthor is playing one nation against another in an attempt to dominate the world. This issue marks the first appearances of Lex Luthor, the Daily Planet (adapted from the radio show) and the DC logo in a circle on the cover.
- Untitled Pep Morgan story (Guardineer)
- "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (Moldoff) featuring the Black Pirate - First appearance.
- Untitled Three Aces story (Fox/Grothkopf)
- Untitled Tex Thomson story (Baily)
- Untitled Clip Carson story (Moldoff)
- "The Treasure Tower" (Fox/Guardineer) featuring Zatara
