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Issue Details

Issue #36
Published May 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

13 page Superman story "Fifth Columnists"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Villains: Ted Allen, Stuart Pemberton.
Synopsis The Volunteers for Peace try to stir up anti-rearmament talk among their members, hoping they will help sabotage strategic centers in the U.S. thereby paving the way for an invasion by a "Nation X". But Superman intervenes, stopping that invasion and saving Lois' life in the process!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Wayne Boring ( page 1), Joe Shuster (rest)
Inks Wayne Boring
Notes 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 Fur Thieves"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Facts filler

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

4 page Black Pirate story "Return to Spain"

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

Half page Curios filler

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

Half page Cartoon Candid Camera filler

Genre gag
Script Ray McGill
Pencils Ray McGill
Inks Ray McGill
Letters Ray McGill
Notes Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.

6 page Three Aces story "The Mountain of Gold"

Characters Three 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.

8 page Mr. America story "Blackmail"

Characters Mr. America [Tex Thomson]
Genre superhero
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)

2 page text story "Tale of a Mule"

Genre adventure
Script John Hilton (signed)
Pencils Cliff Young (spot illo)
Inks Cliff Young (spot illo)

Half page Curios filler

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

6 page Clip Carson story "The Central American General"

Characters Clip Carson
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Jest Jokin' filler "I Got So Many Girls, I Gotta..."

Genre gag
Script Ray McGill
Pencils Ray McGill
Inks Ray McGill

9 page Zatara story "The Dude Ranch Kidnappers"

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

Half page Facts filler

Genre fact