(January 1941)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth; Murray Boltinoff
Format:
Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Inks:
Leo Nowak
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Inks credit changed from Wayne Boring by Bob Hughes.


[The Preston Gambling Racket] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks:
Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Krypto raygun (introduction); George Taylor (unnamed); Lois Lane; Mayor Worth; Preston (villain)
Synopsis:
Clark Kent is bound and determined to find out why gambling is allowed in the city of Metropolis when city ordinance doesn't allow it. But it's Superman's use of the Krypto Raygun that cinches the case against the perpetrator.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Superman uses Krypto raygun for the first time. Made of Kryptonite, this captured and projected pictures. (Gun was sold as a toy.), blue "S" on cape. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.


[The Escaped Convicts] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Pep Morgan

Indexer Notes

Continued in the Mr. America strip next issue.


[Single Combat] (Table of Contents)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
period
Characters:
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]

none (Table of Contents)

Laffs / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
gag

[The Dali Lama] (Table of Contents)

Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Chad Grothkopf
Inks:
Chad Grothkopf
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.


none (Table of Contents)

In Hollywood / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff?
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.


[The Ranch's Minerals] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thomson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Tex Thomson; Bob Daley.

Indexer Notes

Continued in the Mr. America strip next issue.


Man of the Law (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ted Miller (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Ray (spot illos)
Inks:
Fred Ray (spot illos)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

[The Treacherous Foreman] (Table of Contents)

Clip Carson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Clip Carson

none (Table of Contents)

Interesting Items / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Schwab
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Schwab

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.


[The Antigravity Machine] (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Joseph Sulman
Inks:
Joseph Sulman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Characters:
Zatara; Tong.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The Preston Gambling Racket]
    Superman
  2. 2. [The Escaped Convicts]
    Pep Morgan
  3. 3. [Single Combat]
    The Black Pirate
  4. 4. none
    Laffs
  5. 5. [The Dali Lama]
    Three Aces
  6. 6. none
    In Hollywood
  7. 7. [The Ranch's Minerals]
    Tex Thomson
  8. 8. Man of the Law
  9. 9. [The Treacherous Foreman]
    Clip Carson
  10. 10. none
    Interesting Items
  11. 11. [The Antigravity Machine]
    Zatara
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