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Issue Details

Issue #32
Published January 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff
Notes Inker revision from Wayne Boring to Leo Nowak by Bob Hughes 8-24-08.

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Leo Nowak
Letters typeset
Notes Inker revision from Wayne Boring to Leo Nowak by Bob Hughes 8-24-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

13 page Superman story "The Preston Gambling Racket"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Krypto raygun (I); George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Mayor Worth; V: Preston.
Synopsis Clark Kent is bound and determined to find out why gambling is allowed in the city of Metropolis when city ordinance doesn't allow it. But it's Superman's use of the Krypto Raygun that cinches the case against the perpetrator.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Superman uses Krypto raygun for the first time. Made of Kryptonite, this captured and projected pictures. (Gun was sold as a toy.), blue "S" on cape. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Escaped Convicts"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Continued in the Mr. America strip next issue.

4 page The Black Pirate story "Single Combat"

Characters The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
Genre period
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag

6 page Three Aces story "The Dali Lama"

Characters TYhree Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.

1 page In Hollywood filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.

8 page Tex Thomson story "The Ranch's Minerals"

Characters Tex Thomson; Bob Daley.
Genre adventure
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Continued in the Mr. America strip next issue.

2 page text story "Man of the Law"

Genre adventure
Script Ted Miller (signed)
Pencils Fred Ray (spot illos)
Inks Fred Ray (spot illos)
Letters typeset

6 page Clip Carson story "The Treacherous Foreman"

Characters Clip Carson
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Interesting Items filler

Genre fact
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Letters Fred Schwab
Notes Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Antigravity Machine"

Characters Zatara; Tong.
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman