Action Comics Vol 1 11
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Appearing in "The Black Gold Oil Well"
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Villains:
- Bronson (Single appearance)
- Louie the Rat (Single appearance)
- Meek (Single appearance)
- Nate the Snake (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Black Gold Oil Well"
Superman investigates the story behind a man who committed suicide. He discovers the man was clutching his shares of the "Black Gold Oil Well". As he leaves, he is told by a man that Meek and Bronson, a pair of brokers, have bilked many people out of money relating to that oil well. He breaks into their office and gets a list of all the people who have stock in the oil well. He pretends to be a businessman named Homer Ramsey and buys all the stock from the people at the price for which they originally purchased it.
He runs to the oil town and discovers that no work is being done. He sneaks into the oil well and digs for oil all night, with no luck. As he's walking away, the well strikes oil. He runs back to Cleveland. In the mean time, Meek and Bronson have discovered that the well has struck. They immediately try to buy back the stock to all the people they sold it to. They discover that all the stock has been sold to this Homer Ramsey.
Clark Kent as Homer Ramsey tells them that he has no interest in selling. They hire Louie the Rat and Nate the Snake to kill him. The two confront Clark Kent and take him to a deserted road. He roughs them up and leaves them on Bronson's doorstep. As Bronson is driving to Meek's house to tell him what happened, Clark Kent jumps into Bronson's car. He says he's willing to sell the shares for $1 million. They balk, until they realize that they can make more than $1 million on the oil well. They quickly make the deal.
Later that night, Superman kidnaps both Meek and Bronson. He carries them to the oil well, then has them watch as he destroys all the equipment. He then lights a torch and throws it in the oil, burning it all up. He tells Meek and Bronson that they'd better stop selling stocks, or he'll pay another visit.
Appearing in "Under Cover (Part I)"
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Supporting Characters:
- Rusty
Villains:
- Lefty Laroway
- Lefty's band
- Mace
- Gill
- Patsy
- others
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- Judge
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Synopsis for "Under Cover (Part I)"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Shanghaied"
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- Captain Sindra (First appearance)
- Joe (Single appearance)
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- Jensen (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "Shanghaied"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Adventures of Marco Polo"
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- Nicolo (Marco Polo's father)
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- Siab Dagh (Final appearance)
- Nadir (Single appearance)
- Uncle Maffeo
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Synopsis for "Adventures of Marco Polo"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Queen of the Malays (Part I)"
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Villains:
- High Priest (First appearance)
- Captain Devoe
Other Characters:
- Chester Raynolds
- Deborah
- Princess (First appearance)
- Chief of warriors (First appearance)
- Kinog (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "Queen of the Malays (Part I)"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Chuck Dawson"
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Supporting Characters:
- Blacky
Villains:
- 4-G gunmen
- Baldy (First appearance)
- Cougar (mentioned only)
- Speck (First appearance)
- Wolf (First appearance)
- Slug (mentioned only)
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- Virginia (mentioned only)
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Synopsis for "Chuck Dawson"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Sea Ghost"
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- Madame Kelly (Single appearance)
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- Johnny (Single appearance)
- Other man (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "Sea Ghost"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- "The Black Gold Oil Well" is reprinted in Action Comics Archives, Volume 1 and Superman Chronicles, Volume 1.
- Writer/artist Fred Guardineer is also credited as Gene Baxter in this issue.
- Clark Kent assumes the identity of Homer Ramsey in this issue.
Trivia
- First appearance of Superman's X-Ray vision.
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Links and References
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