(August 1942)

DC, 1938 Series
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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

[The Prankster and the Foolproof Plot] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Fred Ray
Inks:
Fred Ray
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; The Prankster (villain)
Reprints:
Keywords:
water pistols

Indexer Notes

Credited to Wayne Boring in the Abbeville Press "Superman in Action Comics" book. Ray credits verified to Craig Delich by Fred Ray and Jack Burnley.


The Case of the Crimeless Crimes (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
John Sikela (signed)[as Joe Shuster]
Inks:
John Sikela (signed)[as Joe Shuster]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; the Prankster (villain, introduction); Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White
Synopsis:
Clark and Lois are directed to a story involving a weird figure calling himself the Prankster, who breaks into a bank, only to leave a black bag "on deposit" that is chock full of money.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Archives credits pencils to Ed Dobrotka. New art id by Craig Delich and Bob Hughes 6/05. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.


Captain Arthur Wermuth, One Man Army (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:
Captain Arthur Wermuth

Guns, Gold, and Glory (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]; Stuff; "Brain" Storms (villain)
Synopsis:
Greg Sanders returns to his old home town out west, only to find criminals from the city have gone there to get away from him.

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

Indexer Notes

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


The Valley of the Vultures (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]

[The Framer] (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].

Indexer Notes

Strip is continued next issue as The Americommandos.


Some Must Fight (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed McGee (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.


[Congo Bill Joins the Flying Tigers] (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)

Shorty / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Shorty

Indexer Notes

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


none (Table of Contents)

Jerry Jitterbug / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Jerry

Indexer Notes

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


The Case of the Coconut Crimes (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

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Case of the Crimeless Crimes
    Superman
  2. 2. Captain Arthur Wermuth, One Man Army
    Supermen of the U.S. Army
  3. 3. Guns, Gold, and Glory
    Vigilante
  4. 4. none
    Silly Willy
  5. 5. The Valley of the Vultures
    Three Aces
  6. 6. [The Framer]
    Mr. America
  7. 7. Some Must Fight
  8. 8. none
    Rollin' Stone
  9. 9. [Congo Bill Joins the Flying Tigers]
    Congo Bill
  10. 10. none
    Shorty
  11. 11. none
    Jerry Jitterbug
  12. 12. The Case of the Coconut Crimes
    Zatara
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