Action Comics #53
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Jack Burnley |
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Comic Title: Action Comics #53
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1942
Approx. On Sale Date:
August 19, 1942 Copyright Date August 15, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Superman | Jack Burnley (a?) |
| IFC | Text Feature; Indicia | "Good Books Worth Reading"; Detective Comics Inc. |
| 1 | Superman | "The Man Who Put Out the Sun" |
| 2 | Superman | |
| 3 | Superman | |
| 4 | Superman | |
| 5 | Superman | |
| 6 | Superman | |
| 7 | Superman | |
| 8 | Superman | |
| 9 | Superman | |
| 10 | Superman | |
| 11 | Superman | |
| 12 | Superman | |
| 13 | Superman | Superman #19 onsale Sept. 4th |
| 14 | Text Feature | Supermen of America |
| 15 | Fact Feature | "Supermen of the U.S. Army" |
| 16 | Filler; House Ad | "Gags" by Henry Boltinoff; Superman #19 onsale Sept. 4th |
| 17 | Vigilante | "The Blackout Blues" |
| 18 | Vigilante | |
| 19 | Vigilante | |
| 20 | Vigilante | |
| 21 | Vigilante | |
| 22 | Vigilante | |
| 23 | Vigilante | |
| 24 | Vigilante | |
| 25 | Vigilante | |
| 26 | Vigilante | |
| 27 | Vigilante | |
| 28 | Vigilante | |
| 29 | Ad | Baby Ruth |
| 30 | 3 Aces | "Wings Over the Pacific" |
| 31 | 3 Aces | |
| 32 | 3 Aces | |
| 33 | 3 Aces | |
| 34 | 3 Aces | |
| 35 | 3 Aces | |
| 36 | Americommando | "Americommando and the Cinema Saboteur" |
| 37 | Americommando | |
| 38 | Americommando | |
| 39 | Americommando | |
| 40 | Americommando | |
| 41 | Americommando | |
| 42 | Americommando | |
| 43 | Americommando | |
| 44 | Text Story | "A Simple Job" by Norman Goss |
| 45 | Text Story | |
| 46 | Filler; House Ad | "Private Pete" by Henry Boltinoff; World's Finest Comics #7 |
| 47 | Congo Bill | "The Man Who Played King" |
| 48 | Congo Bill | |
| 49 | Congo Bill | |
| 50 | Congo Bill | |
| 51 | Congo Bill | |
| 52 | Congo Bill | |
| 53 | Filler; House Ad | "Clancy the Cop" by Henry Boltinoff; More Fun Comics |
| 54 | Filler | "Careful Chester" |
| 55 | Zatara | "Crooks – Handle with Care" by Joseph Sulman |
| 56 | Zatara | |
| 57 | Zatara | |
| 58 | Zatara | |
| 59 | Zatara | |
| 60 | Zatara | |
| 61 | Zatara | |
| 62 | Zatara | |
| 63 | Zatara | |
| 64 | House Ad | Green Lantern, All-Flash, All-Star, Wonder Woman, Leading, Batman |
| IBC | Ad | Muscle Power Co. |
| BC | Ad | Caxton House |
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