Action Comics #46

(March 1942)

The Devil's Playground (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jim Gantry; The Domino [Jeff Farnham] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The Domino terrorizes the Gantry Amusement Park, trying to get gambling stands into the place, but Superman decides otherwise.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Credit to Ed Dobrotka in Archives. New art identification by Craig Delich and Bob Hughes 6/05. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

Crimes in Color (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.) ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Rainbow Man (I); Stuff, the Chinatown Kid.

Synopsis:

The Rainbow Man and his gang use color and his Rainbow Globe to serve them in their crimes and confuse the police. When Stuff discovers the mob, he is captured, and the Vigilante must save him.

[El Abu] (Table of Contents)

Clancy the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Characters:

Clancy the Cop

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

[Any Luck, Za Zu, Welcome Home] (Table of Contents)

Smiles / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

[The Djinn] (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; BV: The Djinn (villain); Caspar Evans.

Synopsis:

The Aces battle the Djinn and his gunmen who ride on a flying carpet.

Iron Giant (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ken Fitch

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Super-hero

Characters:

Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]; Villains: The Queen Bee, Vo-Kan the Terrible; Markham.

Synopsis:

Mr. America and the Fatman battle an Iron Giant, Vo-Kan the Terrible, a machination stolen by the Queen Bee for her own ends.

Pea Shooter (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Norman Goss (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

Inks:

? (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sports

[The Death of Congo Bill] (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; V: Louie Logan (villain); Janet Logan; Witchie.

Synopsis:

Congo Bill arrests Louie Logan, who has been dealing whiskey to natives illegally, but Louie escapes and sets a trap for Bill.

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

[Fights the Nazis in Europe] (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; war

Characters:

Zatara; Tong; Villains: the Nazis, Adolf Hitler.

Synopsis:

After a show, some boys convince Zatara to try and stop the war in Europe. Zatara and Tong go off to fight the Nazis.

Indexer Notes

Zatara effectively wins the war in this story.