| Issue | #48 |
| Published | May 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth; [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)] |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Villians: The Top (Jefferson Smith, I), Sid Speed. |
| Synopsis | Clark Kent crusades against The Top, an avaricious owner of a second-hand auto business who deliberately and knowingly sells cars in seriously bad condition. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Inks | John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Notes | Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
| Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Lash. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton] |
| Genre | fact |
| Characters | Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Characters | Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; V: The Queen Bee; Fatman (Bob Dailey). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ken Fitch |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Notes | Script credit from Jerry Bails via Craig Delich (October 2005). |
| Genre | humor |
| Genre | mystery |
| Script | Norman Goss (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Congo Bill |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Notes | Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Characters | Zatara |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
| Inks | Joseph Sulman |