TEX THOMPSON

Action Comics #1"Superman, Champion of the Oppressed"

First appearance of Superman (Kal-L). First appearance of Lois Lane. Earliest catalogued appearances of Zatara, Tex Thompson, George Taylor, and 3 more.

Jun 1938

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Action Comics #2"War in San Monte"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Fat Man.

Jul 1938

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Action Comics #3"The Blakely Mine Disaster"

Aug 1938

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Action Comics #4"Superman, Gridiron Hero"

Sep 1938

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Action Comics #5"Superman and the Dam"

Oct 1938

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Action Comics #6"The Man Who Sold Superman"

Nov 1938

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Action Comics #7"Superman Joins the Circus"

Dec 1938

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Action Comics #8"Superman in the Slums"

Jan 1939

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Action Comics #9"[Untitled]"

Feb 1939

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Action Comics #10"Superman Goes to Prison"

Mar 1939

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Action Comics #11"The Black Gold Oil Well"

Apr 1939

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Action Comics #12"The Land of the Fourth Dimension"

May 1939

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Action Comics #13"The Swamp of Satan"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Ultra-Humanite.

Jun 1939

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Action Comics #14"The Fountain of Youth"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Clip Carson.

Jul 1939

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Action Comics #15"The Ice Menace"

Aug 1939

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Action Comics #16"The Terror from Saturn"

Sep 1939

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Action Comics #17"The Pearl of Ophir"

Oct 1939

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Action Comics #18"The Atlantis Mystery"

Earliest catalogued appearances of Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill, and Whistler Will.

Nov 1939

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Action Comics #19"The Zombies; The Gorilla King"

Dec 1939

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Action Comics #20"The Zombies; The Moon Men"

Jan 1940

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Action Comics #21"The Deaths on the Moor"

Feb 1940

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Action Comics #22"The Mask"

Mar 1940

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Action Comics #23"Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Treasure Tower"

First appearance of Lex Luthor. Earliest catalogued appearance of Black Pirate.

Apr 1940

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Action Comics #24"The Magician Murder"

May 1940

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Action Comics #25"Amnesiac Robbers"

Jun 1940

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Action Comics #26"Professor Cobalt's Quack Clinic"

Jul 1940

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Action Comics #27"The Brentwood Rehabilitation Home"

Aug 1940

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Action Comics #28"The Strong-Man Robberies"

Sep 1940

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Action Comics #29"The Life Insurance Scam"

Oct 1940

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Action Comics #30"A Summer Snow"

Nov 1940

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Action Comics #31"The Hand of Morpheus"

Dec 1940

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Action Comics #32"The Preston Gambling Racket"

Jan 1941

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Action Comics #33"The Lumber Millionaire's Will"

Feb 1941

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Action Comics #34"The Coal Mine Heiress"

Mar 1941

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Action Comics #35"The Worthless Gold Mine"

Apr 1941

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Action Comics #36"Fifth Columnists"

May 1941

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Action Comics #37"Clark Kent, Police Commissioner"

Jun 1941

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Action Comics #38"Hypnosis by Radio"

Jul 1941

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Action Comics #39"The Man With the Radioactive Touch"

Aug 1941

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Action Comics #40"The Reformation of Nancy Thorgenson"

Earliest catalogued appearances of Star-Spangled Kid and Pat Dugan.

Sep 1941

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Action Comics #41"The Sabotage Ring"

Oct 1941

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Action Comics #42"Superman: "The Empire in the Sky""

Earliest catalogued appearance of Vigilante (Saunders).

Nov 1941

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Action Comics #43"The Pilot's Revenge"

Dec 1941

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Action Comics #44"Galloping Gold!"

Jan 1942

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Action Comics #45"Superman: "Superman's Ark""

Feb 1942

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Action Comics #46"The Devil's Playground; Crimes in Color; The Djinn; Iron Giant; The Death of Congo Bll; Fights the Nazis in Europe"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Rainbow Man.

Mar 1942

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Action Comics #47"Powerstone; The Green Cowled Menace; Go to War; The Skeletons in Armor; The Red Khan; Nargo, the Ruler of Atlantis"

Apr 1942

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Action Comics #48"The Adventure of the Merchant of Murder; Crime's Caravan; The Adventure of the Secret Submarine; The Pied Piper of Doom; Suddenly at War; The Case of the Maddening Music"

May 1942

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Action Comics #49"The Wizard of Chance"

Jun 1942

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Action Comics #50"The Professional Baseball Player; The Man Who Came Back; The Island Where Time Stood Still; Blackmail; The Man of a Thousand Lives; The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die"

Jul 1942

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Action Comics #51"The Case of the Crimeless Crimes"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Prankster.

Aug 1942

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Action Comics #52"The Emperor of America; Sing a Song of Six Guns; The Battle of a Thousand Years; The Case of the Stolen Spectacles; The One Man Army; Crime on Ice"

Sep 1942

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Action Comics #53"The Man Who Put Out the Sun; The Blackout Blues; Wings Over the Pacific; Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur; The Man who Played King; Crooks - Handle with Care"

Oct 1942

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Action Comics #54"The Pirate of Pleasure Island; The Rookie who Fought a Ghost; Fire Over Yunnanfu Road; Idol of Doom; Recipe for Robbery"

Nov 1942

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Action Comics #55"A Goof Named Tiny Rufe; Bullets for Breakfast; Ace of Fire; Escape from the Scaffold; A Modern Robinson Crusoe; Crimes by Coincidence"

Dec 1942

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Action Comics #56"Design for Doom; Melody of Menace; Warhawks of Greenland; The Man the Whole World Feared; The Game for Life; The Case of the Phoney Funny Man"

Jan 1943

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Action Comics #57"Crime's Comedy King!; The Fued of Rimfire Ridge!; Veiled Desert Bandits!; Mightier than the Sword; The Galloping Ghosts; Treasure Trove"

Feb 1943

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Action Comics #58"The Face of Adonis!; The Dummy and the Dumbbell; Double-X for the Axis; The Brigade of the Biting Rabbit!; The Full-Dress Rebellion!; The Seven Year Itch!"

Mar 1943

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Action Comics #59"Cinderella - a la Superman!; Fiddler's Fee!; Sky Knights of Malta; Missive for Mussolini; The Phantom Warriors!; Crime Takes a Detour"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Susie Tompkins.

Apr 1943

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Action Comics #60"Lois Lane--Superwoman!; Rainbow over Crimeville; The Lieutenant from Corregidor!; Rations for Victory; Jungle Justice!; Styles in Crime"

May 1943

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Action Comics #61"The Man They Wouldn't Believe; The Cat and the Fiddler; One Arabian Night; The Dikes of Death; A Blowout in Istanbul; The Man Who Stole Magic"

Jun 1943

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Action Comics #62"There'll Always Be a Superman"

Jul 1943

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Action Comics #63"When Stars Collide"

Aug 1943

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Action Comics #64"The Terrible Toyman"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Toyman (Schott).

Sep 1943

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Action Comics #65"The Million-Dollar Marathon"

Oct 1943

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Action Comics #66"The Boy Who Came Back"

Nov 1943

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Action Comics #67"Make Way for Fate"

Dec 1943

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Action Comics #68"Superman Meets Susie"

Jan 1944

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Action Comics #69"The Lost-and-Found Mystery"

Feb 1944

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Action Comics #70"Superman Takes a Holiday"

Mar 1944

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Action Comics #71"Valentine Villainy"

Apr 1944

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Action Comics #72"Superman and the Super-Movers; Private Pete; The Guns of Killer Haines; The Perfect Double; Be A Magician! Turn Waste Paper Into War Weapons; Choose Your Weapon; Out of Nowhere; Cargoes of Death; Magic Knights"

May 1944

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Action Comics #73"The Hobby Robbers; Molly; Dirge on a Bull Fiddle; Growler and Prowler; Renegade Roundup; A Good Sign; The Return of Dr. Ito; Our Friends in War, Work & Service; Rocks of Riches"

Jun 1944

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Action Comics #74"Who's the Lady? ... Read The Courtship of Adelbert Dribble in this Issue!"

Jul 1944

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All-Star Squadron #13"One Day, During the War..."

Earliest catalogued appearance of Charles Grayson.

Sep 1982

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All-Star Squadron #31"Uncle Sam Wants You!"

Earliest catalogued appearances of Miss America (Dale), Richard Raleigh, and Manhunter (Richards).

Mar 1984

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Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #15

May 1986

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All-Star Squadron #59"Out of the Ashes... Mechanique; Shanghaied into Hyperspace! Interlude Eight"

Jul 1986

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All-Star Squadron #60"The End of the Beginning"

Aug 1986

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Young All-Stars #3

Aug 1987

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Secret Origins #29

Aug 1988

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Young All-Stars Annual #1

Dec 1988

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Young All-Stars #27

Jul 1989

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The Golden Age #1

Sep 1993

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The Golden Age #2

Oct 1993

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The Golden Age #3

Feb 1994

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DCU: Legacies #2

Aug 2010

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