Object label
DC Comics · Comics · Action Comics · 1938
Action Comics #5
Action Comics · 1938
Lois and Clark compete to get the scoop on the deteriorating state of the Valleyho Dam.
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Action Comics #5 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Bernard Baily, Fred Guardineer, and Fred Schwab, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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Action Comics #5 is a comics collectible connected to DC Comics and Action Comics. Useful collector signals include release year 1938, issue #5, and artist context from George Papp, Jerry Siegel, and Bernard Baily. Action Comics has 46 catalogued releases on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
Action Comics #5 is a comics entry for issue #5 in Action Comics from 1938. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
DC Comics pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include Chuck Dawson, George Taylor, Lois Lane, Pep Morgan, Rusty James, and Scoop Scanlon.
Series context
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- 46 objects
- Release span
- 1938-2001
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Quick facts
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Series
- Action Comics
- Issue number
- #5
- Cover date
- Oct 1, 1938
- Characters
- Chuck Dawson, George Taylor, Lois Lane, Pep Morgan, Rusty James, Scoop Scanlon +3 more
- Creators
- Bernard Baily, Fred Guardineer, Fred Schwab, Gardner Fox, George Papp, Homer Fleming +10 more
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- Sold out / retired
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Data source
- Source
- Metron
- Source ID
- 34841
- Source URL
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