Action Comics #32

(January 1941)

[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:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998)

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.