Action Comics Vol 1 12
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Appearing in "Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers"
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- Mayor
- Charlie Martin (Appears only as a corpse)
- Mister Bates (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers"
Clark Kent finds a friend of his, Charlie Martin, has been hit by a reckless driver. As Superman, he busts into the studio of radio station WVUX and issues an warning: Homicidal drivers will have to answer to him!
He starts a many pronged attack on the causes of bad driving. He destroys all the impounded cars of traffic violators. He destroys unsafe used cars. He scares a drunk driver and a hit-and-run driver into changing their ways. He destroys the equipment of the Bates Motor Company, who made inferior cars that were involved in many accidents. He stops a police officer from taking a bribe. He straightens a road that has dangerous curves. Finally, he catches the mayor speeding and shows the mayor all the deaths he's responsible for by failing to enforce the traffic laws.
The next day, the editor of the Daily Star tells Clark Kent of the new reforms the mayor is introducing. As Kent goes to his car, he is given a ticket for parking in an improper place. While he's outwardly annoyed at the ticket, Kent is happy to see the law get enforced.
Appearing in "Under Cover (Part II)"
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- Rusty
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- Lefty Laroway (Final appearance; Dies)
- Lefty's band (Final appearance)
- Mace (Final appearance)
- Gill (Final appearance)
- Patsy (Final appearance)
- "Ma" Logan
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Synopsis for "Under Cover (Part II)"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Death to Don Luis"
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- Assasins (Single appearance)
- Tino (Only appearance; dies)
- Alfredo (Single appearance)
- Unnamed assasins (Single appearance)
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- Don Luis Ramos (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Death to Don Luis"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Adventures of Marco Polo"
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- Nicolo (Marco Polo's father)
- Uncle Maffeo
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- Band of white robed horsemen (First appearance)
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- Porter
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Synopsis for "Adventures of Marco Polo"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Queen of the Malays (Part II)"
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- Kirat (Only appearance; dies)
- High Priest (Final appearance; Dies)
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- Princess (Final appearance)
- Captain Devoe (Final appearance)
- Chester Raynolds (Final appearance)
- Deborah (Final appearance)
- Koingto (Final appearance; Dies)
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Synopsis for "Queen of the Malays (Part II)"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Chuck Dawson"
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- Blacky
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- 4-G gunmen
- Wolf
- Pedro (First appearance)
- Cougar (mentioned only)
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- Virginia
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Synopsis for "Chuck Dawson"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Land of the Fourth Dimension"
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- Xataral (Single appearance)
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- Duoro (Single appearance)
- Professor Susswill (Single appearance)
- Queen Mulano (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Land of the Fourth Dimension"
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Notes
- "Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers" is reprinted in Action Comics Archives, Volume 1 and Superman Chronicles, Volume 1. Story originally untitled.
- Writer/artist Fred Guardineer is also credited as Gene Baxter in this issue.
Trivia
- No trivia.
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- Superman quotes page
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- Lois Lane appearances list
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- Tex Thompson image gallery
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- Zatara image gallery
- Zatara appearances list
- Zatara quotes page
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- Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Action Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Action Comics series index at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics