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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published March 1942
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 typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page Superman story "The Devil's Playground"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; V: The Domino [Jeff Farnham] (I); Jim Gantry.
Synopsis The Domino terrorizes the Gantry Amusement Park, trying to get gambling stands into the place, but Superman decides otherwise.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Credit to Ed Dobrotka in Archives. New Art id by Craig Delich and Bob Hughes 6/05. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

12 page Vigilante story "Crimes in Color"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Rainbow Man (I); Stuff, the Chinatown Kid.
Synopsis The Rainbow Man and his gang use color and his Rainbow Globe to serve them in their crimes and confuse the police. When Stuff discovers the mob, he is captured, and the Vigilante must save him.
Genre western
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.) ?

1 page Clancy the Cop filler "El Abu"

Characters Clancy the Cop
Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

Half page Smiles filler "Any Luck, Za Zu, Welcome Home"

Genre gags
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

6 page Three Aces story "The Djinn"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will; BV: The Djinn (villain); Caspar Evans.
Synopsis The Aces battle the Djinn and his gunmen who ride on a flying carpet.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf

8 page Mr. America and Fatman story "Iron Giant"

Characters Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]; Villains: The Queen Bee, Vo-Kan the Terrible; Markham.
Synopsis Mr. America and the Fatman battle an Iron Giant, Vo-Kan the Terrible, a machination stolen by the Queen Bee for her own ends.
Genre Super-hero
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)

2 page text story "Pea Shooter"

Genre sports
Script Norman Goss (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illustration)
Inks ? (spot illustration)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Death of Congo Bill"

Characters Congo Bill; V: Louie Logan (villain); Janet Logan; Witchie.
Synopsis Congo Bill arrests Louie Logan, who has been dealing whiskey to natives illegally, but Louie escapes and sets a trap for Bill.
Genre jungle
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

9 page Zatara story "Fights the Nazis in Europe"

Characters Zatara; Tong; Villains: the Nazis, Adolf Hitler.
Synopsis After a show, some boys convince Zatara to try and stop the war in Europe. Zatara and Tong go off to fight the Nazis.
Genre occult; war
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman
Notes Zatara effectively wins the war in this story.