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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published July 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Characters Zatara; Tong?
Genre occult
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

13 page Superman story "The Shoddy Subway Scheme"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; City Inspector Hughes; Lyons; V: Ultra-Humanite.
Synopsis While investigating the collapse of a subway tunnel, Superman first faces off with those in charge of Star, Inc., a firm which built the tunnel with sub-standard materials, then he encounters the Ultra-Humanite, the bald, evil genius bent on world domination whom he thought died in the previous story.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
Pencils Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Paul Cassidy?
Notes On sale 6/2/39; modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-10-08. The last panel of the story is an illustrated ad for Superman #1, on sale May 18th.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1; in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #nn.

1 page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre fact
Script George Papp
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Journey Home] [Part 2"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Notes Continued in next issue. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

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 8-10-08.

6 page Clip Carson story "The Pharaoh's Treasure] [Part 1"

Characters Clip Carson
Genre adventure
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Bob Kane
Notes Continued in next issue. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

2 page text story "A Tough Spot"

Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox ?; Vince Sullivan ? (signed as Terry Keane)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

10 page Tex Thomson story "The Miss Abeland Affair"

Characters Tex Thomson
Genre adventure
Script Ken Fitch?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

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 First episode in color.

12 page Zatara Master Magician story "The Fountain of Youth"

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

1 page WESThrills filler

Genre fact
Pencils Terry Gilkison
Inks Terry Gilkison