Action Comics Vol 1 3
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Appearing in "Superman Battles Death Underground"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Thornton Blakely
Other Characters:
- Stanislaw Kober
Locations:
- Blakelytown
- Blakely Coal Mine
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Superman Battles Death Underground"
There is a cave-in in the Blakely coal mines, and a miner is trapped. Superman makes his way to the mine, and discovers that the rescue crew has been stopped by poison gas (which he is unaffected by). He rescues them, as well as the trapped miner.
The next day, he asks the miner, Stanislaw Kober, what he thinks caused the mine collapse. Kober says that everyone knew the mine was unsafe, but management did nothing to prevent the collapse. Thornton Blakely, the mine owner, says otherwise, claiming that Kober's own carelessness caused the collapse.
Superman decides to sneak into the Blakely estate dressed as a miner. He finds a party going on and gets captured. Blakely lets him stay at the party because he's coming up with an idea: Superman will lead them all down into the mine, where they will continue their party.
Once they are all in the mine, Superman attacks the tunnel-supports, causing the entire party to be trapped under a cave-in. Blakely remembers the safety devices. He sets them off only to discover that they've rusted over. They attempt to dig their way out, but they soon get winded. Blakely curses himself for treating the miners so badly. With everyone else in the party collapsed, Superman tears down the barriers so that the rescue workers can save everyone. Several days later, Clark Kent once again interviews Thronton Blakely, who reveals that he is going to start treating his workers better.
Appearing in "Murder at the Blue Bird Dance Palace"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Rusty
Villains:
- Butch
Other Characters:
- "Bat" Wilson (no appearance)
Locations:
- Blue Bird Dance Palace
- Police headquarters
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Murder at the Blue Bird Dance Palace"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Win a Doubleheader"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- None
Villains:
- Blackie (a mob thug)
Other Characters:
- Davis (a rival race car driver)
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Win a Doubleheader"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Shifty Simpson"
Featured Characters:
- Shifty Simpson
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Shifty Simpson"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Adventures of Marco Polo"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Adventures of Marco Polo"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Sports at Sea"
Featured Characters:
- Captain Blake (captain of the Harbor City)
- Ted Farrell (second mate of the Harbor City)
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- The Harbor City
Synopsis for "Sports at Sea"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Sealed City (Part II)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Gorrah
- Daroka (Gorrah's servant)
- Scharem (Gorrah's servant)
- Hawntem (Gorrah's servant)
Other Characters:
- Bob Daley
- The true Gorrah of the Sealed City
Locations:
- The Sealed City
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "The Sealed City (Part II)"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The A-Gang (Part III)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- John Burwell
- Steve (Burwell's hired gun) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Blacky (behind the scenes, hidden from Dawson by John Burwell)
- "Trigger" Holt
- Butch
- Sheriff of Red Gulch
Locations:
- Earth-Two
- United States
- Texas
- Red Gulch
- Texas
- United States
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "The A-Gang (Part III)"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Death from the Air"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- The Tigress
- Bill (a member of The Tigress' gang)
- Mike (a member of The Tigress' gang)
Other Characters:
- Police Commissioner
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Death from the Air"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- "Superman Battles Death Underground" is reprinted in Action Comics Archives, Volume 1 and Superman Chronicles, Volume 1.
- Fred Guardineer is also credited as Gene Baxter in this issue.
- Russell Cole is credited as Edwin Alger in this issue.
- "The A-Gang (Part III)" is presented entirely in black and white.
- Although the first part of "The A-Gang (Part III)" (in Action Comics 1) has been designated "The A-G Gang" by several sources (most notably the Grand Comic Book Database), the name of the gang is the 4-G Gang according to this story.
Trivia
- No trivia.
Related Articles
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- Zatara quotes page
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Grand Comics Database
- Mike's Amazing World of DC
- Superman article at Wikipedia
- Zatara article at Wikipedia
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