Action Comics #37

(June 1941)

[Clark Kent, Police Commissioner] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks:

Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Mayor Garson; Commissioner Larrimore (death); ex-Commissioner Kennedy (villain)

Synopsis:

The criminal element of Metropolis is killing every Police Commissioner appointed, and Clark sees a connection between the criminal element and certain crooked politicians. But Clark is dumbfounded when it is suggested he take the job to crack down on that criminal element!

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001)

Indexer Notes

Superman is still sought by the police for working outside the law. Modified synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

Quiz (Table of Contents)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

[The Playboy's Gambling Ring] (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)

False Alarms / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Paige?

Pencils:

Lou Paige

Inks:

Lou Paige

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer credit and first name of artist added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Oddities / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Facts / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

The Lost City of Atlantis (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 8-27-08.

none (Table of Contents)

True-isms / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

[The Spy B-7] (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.

In the Nick of Time (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elgar Weston (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[The Italian Officer] (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Ray

Inks:

Fred Ray

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Series continues from More Fun #67. Writer credit revised from Fred Ray? [who never wrote this strip] to ? by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

none (Table of Contents)

? / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Baseball Fixers] (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