([December 1, 1937])
DC,
1937 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 12
- On-sale Date
- 1937-12-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Merwil Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ? (editor, publisher)
- Color
- black and white cover; color interior
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- white thick stock paper cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- stapled; hand-trimmed
- Publishing Format
- ashcan
Issue Notes
Ashcan edition. Printed up only to secure trademark of a title with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Per the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 492, July 1938 (July 19), on page 500, this title was submitted to Trademark Office on January 28, 1938. The logo printed in the Gazette was that on this ashcan edition, which is nearly the same as the one later used for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (dated June 1938, but on sale April 18, 1938). There are slight differences between the two, especially the use of color and the detail in the word 'Comics'.
Trademark serial number: 402,431. Merwil Publishing Co. Inc., New York, New York-listed as publisher per Trademark Office. The trademark submission identifies that Action Comics was intended for magazine publication. Submission claims the title was in use since December 1, 1937.
Updated contents from Leonardo de Sa.
Per the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Volume 492, July 1938 (July 19), on page 500, this title was submitted to Trademark Office on January 28, 1938. The logo printed in the Gazette was that on this ashcan edition, which is nearly the same as the one later used for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 (dated June 1938, but on sale April 18, 1938). There are slight differences between the two, especially the use of color and the detail in the word 'Comics'.
Trademark serial number: 402,431. Merwil Publishing Co. Inc., New York, New York-listed as publisher per Trademark Office. The trademark submission identifies that Action Comics was intended for magazine publication. Submission claims the title was in use since December 1, 1937.
Updated contents from Leonardo de Sa.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel
- Inks
- Creig Flessel
- Letters
- typeset; ? (logo)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The cover was originally intended for Detective Comics (1937) #2, but never used.
![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics [ashcan] (DC, 1937 series) #1](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/0/w200/525.jpg?6091025572964934940)
[The Streets of Chinatown]
Slam Bradley / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Rita Carlisle; Fui Onyui (villain)
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #1 (March 1937) [Remaindered pages, using only two wraps, or four pages of the comic story inside the ashcan.]
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The River Patrol
Speed Saunders / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Cyril "Speed" Saunders; Mr. Moran; Cap'n Scum (villain)
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #1 (March 1937) [Remaindered pages, using only two wraps, or four pages of the comic story inside the ashcan.]
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Indexer Notes
Previously credited to E.C. Stoner, based on information Jerry Bails received from Stoner's widow. Ken Quattro in his book Invisible Men, (IDW 2020) however cites earlier interviews with Stoner himself wherein he states that his first comics work was for the Chesler shop in 1939. Quattro credits this story to Creig Flessel, reversing his previous opinion from Alter Ego #118 (July 2013).
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[The Streets of Chinatown]
Slam Bradley -
3.
The River Patrol
Speed Saunders -
4.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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