Action Comics #54

(November 1942)

The Pirate of Pleasure Island (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]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Captain Ironfist [Stanley Finchcomb] (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

The Man of Tomorrow must face what appears to be the worst buccaneer that ever plagued the Seven Seas in years past, who has mysteriously returned to attack 20th Century merchantmen.

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-15-08.

Capt. Hewitt T. (Shorty) Wheless (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 Hewitt T. Wheless

[no title indexed] (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 9-15-08.

The Rookie who Fought a Ghost (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

Fire Over Yunnanfu Road (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 and inker credits added by Craig Delich 9-15-08.

Destination Berlin (Table of Contents)

Americommandos / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jospeh Greene

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].

Indexer Notes

Writer per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

The Old Fireball (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Norman Goss (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Chief Hot Foot / filler / 0.5 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 9-15-08.

Idol of Doom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Edwin Smalle ?

Inks:

Edwin Smalle ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tickets, Please / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Recipe for Robbery (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara