Issue | #35 |
Published | April 1941 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff |
Notes | Incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring in Superman: The Action Archives Volume 2. |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Joe Shuster |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Incorrectly credited to Wayne Boring in Superman: The Action Archives Volume 2. |
Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998). |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Benjamin Sims; Emily Sims; V: Brock Walters. |
Synopsis | Lois Lane decides to help an elderly couple, Benjamin and Emily Sims, who have fallen on hard times and are mulling an offer to sell some Guybart gold mine stock. Lois finds out that the stock is worthless and investigates why someone would want to buy it. Lois is suddenly beset by attempts to steal the stock from her possession, and Superman must protect her while she investigates further. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Inks | Leo Nowak? |
Notes | Nowak inker credit revision added by Craig Delich 8-24-08. |
Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998). |
Genre | fact |
Characters | Pep Morgan |
Genre | adventure |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08. |
Characters | The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie; V: Lu Chan. |
Synopsis | Lu Chan and his cutthroats retreat to Valor's ship, while the pirates end up trapped on a burning Chinese junk, with Jon Valor trapped in the hold. The pirates struggle to free him. They save the hull of the junk and work out a plan to retake Valor's ship. |
Genre | Period |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Genre | fact |
Script | Henry Boltinoff? |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff? |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff? |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08. |
Characters | Dinky |
Genre | humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08. |
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. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08. |
Characters | Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Bob Daley; V: The Spider. |
Synopsis | The Spider blows up manhole covers on a street crowded with new recruits for a defense program. Tex Thomson investigates as Mr. America, trying to find out the true identity of the Spider. When the saboteurs capture Mr. America, Bob Daley is left to save the day. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Ken Fitch |
Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Charles Berry (signed) |
Pencils | ? (spot illo) |
Inks | ? (spot illo) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Clip Carson; Villains: The Adder, Wu Fang; Pedro; Cap. |
Synopsis | Clip Carson has been assisting U.S. authorities in the Panama Canal Zone. Fishing on his day off, he finds the body of a native with a snake mark on his chin and a map of the locks. The evil Adder intentionally wrecks Clip's boat and brings them aboard. |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Characters | Zatara; Bill Bowers; Villains: The Tigress, Pawnshop Pete. |
Synopsis | A sharper cons young Bill out of his watch and ring, and Zatara helps him track the man down. They discover that the ring has some special value. At the pawnshop of Pawnshop Pete, they encounter the Tigress, who tells them that Pete wants to replace young Bill to secure a million dollar inheritance. Zatara leaves Bill with the Tigress, but she quickly double-crosses him. Now Zatara must deal with two fiends. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
Inks | Joseph Sulman |