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Action Comics#9
Cover: Fred Guardineer & Fred Guardineer

Action Comics #9

Feb 1939 · DC · 0.10 USD
“Wanted: Superman”

Superman, having torn down a slum area so that newer, more modern apartments could be built, is labeled as a crook by the Chief of Police, who assigns Detective Reilly (better known as "100% Reilly" because he always gets his man) to bring the Man of Tomorrow in.

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writer Jerry Siegel · artist Joe Shuster · artist Joe Shuster · inker Joe Shuster · inker Joe Shuster · letterer Paul Lauretta · cover Fred GuardineerFred Guardineer

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Cast · 14 characters

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letterer Paul Lauretta
cover pencils Fred Guardineer
cover inks Fred Guardineer

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Superman, having torn down a slum area so that newer, more modern apartments could be built, is labeled as a crook by the Chief of Police, who assigns Detective Reilly (better known as "100% Reilly" because he always gets his man) to bring the Man of Tomorrow in.

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