Action Comics #20
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Joe Shuster |
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Comic Title: Action Comics #20
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1940
On Sale Date:
December 1, 1939 Newsstand Date December 1, 1939
Source: House Ad, Superman #3, Page 26
Copyright Date November 24, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Superman | Joe Shuster (a) |
| IFC | Indicia; Ad | Vincent A. Sullivan (ed), 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 | Fact Feature | "Nevertheless It's True" by Sheldon Moldoff |
| 15 | Filler | "Smart Guy" by Bob Kane |
| 16 | Pep Morgan | by Gene Baxter |
| 17 | Pep Morgan | |
| 18 | Pep Morgan | |
| 19 | Pep Morgan | |
| 20 | Pep Morgan | |
| 21 | Pep Morgan | |
| 22 | Chuck Dawson | by Homer Fleming |
| 23 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 24 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 25 | Chuck Dawson | |
| 26 | Clip Carson | by Bob Kane |
| 27 | Clip Carson | |
| 28 | Clip Carson | |
| 29 | Clip Carson | |
| 30 | Clip Carson | |
| 31 | Clip Carson | |
| 32 | Text Feature | "Supermen of America" - Contest ends 1/28/40 |
| 33 | Text Feature | |
| 34 | Tex Thomson | "The Zombies" 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 | Ownership statement; Text Story | "Five Star Trap" by Frank Thomas |
| 45 | Text Story | |
| 46 | Three Aces | by Christopher |
| 47 | Three Aces | |
| 48 | Three Aces | |
| 49 | Three Aces | |
| 50 | Three Aces | |
| 51 | Three Aces | |
| 52 | Text Feature | "Action Stamp Page" |
| 53 | Fact Feature | "Fantastic Facts" by Geo. Papp |
| 54 | Zatara | "The Moon Men" by Fred Guardineer |
| 55 | Zatara | |
| 56 | Zatara | |
| 57 | Zatara | |
| 58 | Zatara | |
| 59 | Zatara | |
| 60 | Zatara | |
| 61 | Zatara | |
| 62 | Zatara | |
| 63 | Zatara | |
| 64 | Zatara | |
| IBC | House Ad | Superman #3 |
| BC | Ad | Johnson Smith Co. (Novelties) |
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