Action Comics #50

(July 1942)

[The Professional Baseball Player] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Stan Doborak (introduction); Mike Caputo (villain); Mabel Dawson (villain)

Synopsis:

Clark and Lois are on the way to Florida to check out the status of the Metropolis baseball club, when they accidently miss the train in a small town. Waiting for the next one, they spy a young man who has great prowess at pitching....a guy who wishes he could play for a professional club. Superman helps that small town boy become a professional baseball player.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Ed Dobrotka is not credited in the Archive edition. The "pullman window" joke on page 7 is a direct reference to Jerry Siegel's appearance on Fred Allen's radio program. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

Major Thomas H.J. Trapnell (Table of Contents)

Supermen of the U.S. Army / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young?

Inks:

Cliff Young?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Major H. J. Trapnell

none (Table of Contents)

Laffs / 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 9-7-08.

The Man Who Came Back (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)

Inks:

Cliff Young

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.

The Island Where Time Stood Still (Table of Contents)

Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

[Blackmail] (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]; Fatman [Bob Daley].

Sky Challenge (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Carter (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

none (Table of Contents)

Rollin' Stone / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray McGill

Pencils:

Ray McGill

Inks:

Ray McGill

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray McGill

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

The Man of a Thousand Lives (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

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Silly Willy / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Silly Willy

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Chief Hot Foot / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Chief Hot Foot

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

The Case of the Man who Could Not Die (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