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Action Comics, Vol. 1

#16

Superman and the Numbers Racket

Release:	Sep 1939
Cover:	Sep 1939

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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.

Creators View all

Writer	Gardner Fox, Jerry Siegel, Bill Finger, Ken Fitch
Artist	Bob Kane, Sven Elven, Fred Guardineer, Bernard Baily, Homer Fleming
Cover Artist	Fred Guardineer
Penciller	Joe Shuster
Inker	Paul Cassidy
Letterer	Bernard Baily
Editor	Vincent Sullivan

Characters View all

Superman	Kal-El / Clark Kent
Perry White

Details

Age	Golden Age
Format	Comic
Series Group	Superman
Genre	Action \| Super-Heroes
Country	USA
Language	English