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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published January 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Characters soldier; Indian
Genre period
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1

12 page Superman story "Gimpy the Fence"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Frankie Marello; Gimpy (villain)
Synopsis Superman decides to get involved in a case involving wayward boys being used by a petty criminal, who uses the boys to steal items from wealthy people that he can sell for quick cash....all at their expense.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta?
Letters Paul Lauretta
Notes Wears red boots, "S" symbol is all yellow. Uses super-hearing for the first time. The last .2 of page 12 is short info cartoon titled "Acquiring Super Strength". Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1

6 page Chuck Dawson story

Characters Chuck Dawson
Genre adventure
Pencils Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Notes Printed in red, black and white.

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Inter City Ski Tournament"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

1 page Butch the Pup filler

Characters Butch [a dog]
Genre gag
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Letters Fred Schwab
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

1 page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre fact
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

4 page Adventures of Marco Polo story

Characters Marco Polo
Genre Period
Pencils Sven Elven
Inks Sven Elven
Letters Sven Elven
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

2 page text story "Frozen Hazard [Part 1]"

Genre adventure
Script Richard Martin (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

10 page Tex Thomson story "Dr. Kichung's Ape Army] [Part 1"

Characters Tex Thomson; Dr. Kichung (villain)
Genre adventure
Script Ken Fitch?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

Half page Odds 'N' Ends filler

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page World of Stamps text article "World of Stamps"

Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence added per Error Report #3537, by Barry Sandoval.

6 page Scoop Scanlon, Five Star reporter story "The Marijuana Farmers"

Characters Scoop Scanlon
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Ely (signed)
Inks Will Ely (signed)
Notes Printed in red, black and white.

12 page Zatara Master Magician story "The Indian Prince"

Characters Zatara; Tong
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

Half page Sport Casting filler

Genre sports

Half page Oscar the Gumshoe filler

Characters Oscar
Genre gag
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Bob Kane