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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published June 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)]

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters ?, much typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page Superman story "Clark Kent, Police Commissioner"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Mayor Garson; Commissioner Larrimore [D]; V: ex-Commissioner Kennedy.
Synopsis The criminal element of Metropolis is killing every Police Commissioner appointed, and Clark sees a connection between the criminal element and certain crooked politicians. But Clark is dumbfounded when it is suggested he take the job to crack down on that criminal element!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Superman is still sought by the police for working outside the law. Modified synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

Half page activity "Quiz"

Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Playboy's Gambling Ring"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

1 page False Alarms filler

Genre humor
Script Lou Paige?
Pencils Lou Paige
Inks Lou Paige
Notes Writer credit and first name of artist added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

Half page Oddities filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

1 page Facts filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

6 page Three Aces story "The Lost City of Atlantis"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

Half page True-isms filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer crfedit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

8 page Mr. America story "The Spy B-7"

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

2 page text story "In the Nick of Time"

Genre adventure
Script Elgar Weston (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Italian Officer"

Characters Congo Bill (I).
Genre jungle
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Series continues from More Fun #67. Writer credit revised from Fred Ray? [who never wrote this strip] to ? by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

Half page ? filler

Genre humor

9 page Zatara story "The Baseball Fixers"

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