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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published July 1941
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited); Murray Bolitnoff (assistant editor, uncredited)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Notes Incorrectly credited to Jack Burnley in the Archives collection. Blue "S" on cape.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

12 page Superman story "Hypnosis by Radio"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; V: Harold Morton.
Synopsis Superman is puzzled as several well respected citizens commit crimes, then remember nothing about the incidents!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Leo Novak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Notes Ed Dobrotka not credited in Archive. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

6 page Pep Morgan story "Slim is Kidnapped"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

Half page Funnies filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

4 page Black Pirate story "Don De Avila"

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

1 page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre fact
Script George Papp
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

6 page Three Aces story "The Treacherous Ministers of Atlantis"

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 8-29-08.

6 page Mr. America story "The Gorrah Strikes at Libraries"

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

2 page text story "Rock Bound"

Genre adventure
Script Alex Shane (signed)
Pencils Stan Kaye (spot illo)
Inks Stan Kaye (spot illo)

Half page activity "Jungle Fun"

Pencils Bill Carey
Inks Bill Carey

6 page Congo Bill story "The Mines of Ophir"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Writer credit revised from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

Half page filler

Half page Curios filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Rolling Fireball Menace"

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