Action Comics #17
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Joe Shuster |
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Comic Title: Action Comics #17
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1939
Approx. On Sale Date:
August 31, 1939 Copyright Date August 24, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1939
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: Vincent A. Sullivan
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Superman | Joe Shuster (a) |
| IFC | Indicia; Ad | Detective Comics Inc.; Johnson Smith Co. (Novelties) |
| 1 | Superman | by Siegel and Shuster |
| 2 | Superman | |
| 3 | Superman | |
| 4 | Superman | |
| 5 | Superman | |
| 6 | Superman | |
| 7 | Superman | |
| 8 | Superman | |
| 9 | Superman | |
| 10 | Superman | |
| 11 | Superman | |
| 12 | Superman | |
| 13 | Superman | |
| 14 | Text Feature | "Supermen of America" |
| 15 | House Ad | Superman #2 |
| 16 | Pep Morgan | by Gene Baxter |
| 17 | Pep Morgan | |
| 18 | Pep Morgan | |
| 19 | Pep Morgan | |
| 20 | Pep Morgan | |
| 21 | Pep Morgan | |
| 22 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | by Sven Elven |
| 23 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| 24 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| 25 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| 26 | Clip Carson | by Bob Kane |
| 27 | Clip Carson | |
| 28 | Clip Carson | |
| 29 | Clip Carson | |
| 30 | Clip Carson | |
| 31 | Clip Carson | |
| 32 | Text Story | "A Lion's Share" by Capt. Frank Thomas |
| 33 | Text Story | |
| 34 | Tex Thomson | by Bernard Baily |
| 35 | Tex Thomson | |
| 36 | Tex Thomson | |
| 37 | Tex Thomson | |
| 38 | Tex Thomson | |
| 39 | Tex Thomson | |
| 40 | Tex Thomson | |
| 41 | Tex Thomson | |
| 42 | Tex Thomson | |
| 43 | Tex Thomson | |
| 44 | Fact Feature | "Sportettes" by Sheldon Moldoff |
| 45 | Text Feature | "Action Stamp Page" |
| 46 | Chuck Dawson | by Homer Fleming |
| 47 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 48 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 49 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 50 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 51 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 52 | Fact Feature | "Fantastic-Facts" by Gep |
| 53 | Zatara | "The Pearl of Ophir" by Fred Guardineer |
| 54 | Zatara | |
| 55 | Zatara | |
| 56 | Zatara | |
| 57 | Zatara | |
| 58 | Zatara | |
| 59 | Zatara | |
| 60 | Zatara | |
| 61 | Zatara | |
| 62 | Zatara | |
| 63 | Zatara | |
| 64 | House Ad | New York World's Fair Comics (#1) |
| IBC | Ad | Johnson Smith Co. (Novelties) |
| BC | Ad | Daisy Air Rifles |
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