(December 1941)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth; Mort Weisinger (assistant editor); Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor)
- 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]
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Fred Ray
- Inks:
- Fred Ray
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints:
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001)
- in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([October] 2005)
- Keywords:
- Nazis; parachuting
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Fred Ray.
[The Pilot's Revenge]
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed))
- Inks:
- Ed Dobrotka
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; un-named butler (villain, death); Dutch O'Leary (villain); his gang (villains)
- Synopsis:
- Several planes belonging to Skyway Airlines have mysteriously crashed and Perry White assigns Lois to investigate, all of which leads to peril facing Clark and Lois until Superman figures out the true culprit.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Ed Dobrotka not credited in the Archives. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
none
Some Fun / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Ray McGill
- Pencils:
- Ray McGill
- Inks:
- Ray McGill
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
[Billy Gunn's Mine]
The Vigilante / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Weisinger ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin
- Inks:
- Mort Meskin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Shade (villain, introduction); Billy Gunn (sidekick, introduction)
The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane
Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages
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 9-6-08.
[The Giant Puppets]
Mr. America / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ken Fitch
- Pencils:
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks:
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Dailey]
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Jerry Bails, via Craig Delich 5/05.
Gentlemen on Guard
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Albert Daniels (signed)
- Pencils:
- Cliff Young (spot illo)
- Inks:
- Cliff Young (spot illo)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
[The Golden Idol]
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Fred Ray
- Inks:
- Fred Ray
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Congo Bill
Indexer Notes
Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
[The Boss of Forrest City]
Zatara / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joseph Sulman
- Inks:
- Joseph Sulman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Zatara
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[The Pilot's Revenge]
Superman -
2.
none
Some Fun -
3.
[Billy Gunn's Mine]
The Vigilante -
4.
The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane
Three Aces -
5.
[The Giant Puppets]
Mr. America -
6.
Gentlemen on Guard
-
7.
[The Golden Idol]
Congo Bill -
8.
[The Boss of Forrest City]
Zatara
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