Action Comics #35

(April 1941)

[The Worthless Gold Mine] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks:

Leo Nowak?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Benjamin Sims; Emily Sims; Brock Walters (villain)

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.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Nowak inker credit revision added by Craig Delich 8-24-08.

none (Table of Contents)

It's So / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[The Kidnapped Girl] (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

none (Table of Contents)

Curios / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Indexer Notes

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

[Fire on Board] (Table of Contents)

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]; Bonnie; Lu Chan (villain)

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.

none (Table of Contents)

1 / filler / 0.5 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.

none (Table of Contents)

Dinky / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dinky

Indexer Notes

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

[The South American Indians] (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)

Travel Talk / 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 Spider] (Table of Contents)

Mr. America / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Fitch

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Bob Daley; The Spider (villain)

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.

Forty Minutes to Go (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Charles Berry (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illo)

Inks:

? (spot illo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[The Panama Canal] (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; 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.

[The Inheritance] (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; Bill Bowers; The Tigress (villain); Pawnshop Pete (villain)

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.