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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published August 1939
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer
Letters ?, most typeset
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

13 page Superman story "Kidtown"

Characters Superman Clark Kent]; George Taylor (not named); Lois Lane; Holloway; Villains: "Big Boy" Chaney, Marchetti, Mugsy.
Synopsis On assignment at Kidtown, Clark discovers that the institution needs $2 million to remain in the black and remain open, and, as Superman, decides that a newly discovered underwater treasure is the answer for the funds he needs.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Paul Cassidy?
Notes The last panel of the story is an illustrated plug for Sandman and Batman. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

1 page Odds 'N Ends filler

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Warehouse Robberies"

Characters Pep Morgan; Mr. Smith.
Synopsis Pep goes to work for Mr. Smith.
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 8-10-08.

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 2"

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 "Treasure Hunt [Part 1]"

Genre adventure
Script Toni Blum ? (signed as Jack Anthony)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

10 page Tex Thomson story "The Devone Diamond"

Characters Tex Thomson; Gargantua T. Potts (I).
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.

1 page From the Four Corners filler

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page AIRecords filler

Genre aviation
Pencils Terry Gilkison
Inks Terry Gilkison

1 page Nevertheless It's True filler

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

6 page Chuck Dawson story "Killer Keefe"

Characters Chuck Dawson; V: Killer Keefe.
Genre adventure
Pencils Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)

11 page Zatara Master Magician story "The Ice Menace"

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