Action Comics #2

(July 1938)

Thrills (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Gilkison ?

Pencils:

Terry Gilkison

Inks:

Terry Gilkison

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Found on inside front cover.

[Revolution in San Monte] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo); Villains: Alex Greer, Emil Norvell.

Synopsis:

Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being formented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.

Reprinted:

• In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983)
• in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1
• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 [recap]
• in Superman #1 [Masterpiece Edition] (Chronicle Books, 1999 series) #[nn]
• in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #nn

Indexer Notes

Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged. No black shading used. Clark works for the [Cleveland] Evening News. Superman wears blue boots. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-3-08.

[The Shipwreck] (Table of Contents)

Scoop Scanlon, Five-Star reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Will Ely (signed)

Inks:

Will Ely (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Scoop Scanlon

[Glass Arm] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer [signed as Gene Baxter]

Inks:

Fred Guardineer [signed as Gene Baxter]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Pep Morgan

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

["Thief! Police!"] (Table of Contents)

Elmer the Eel / filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Russell Cole [signed as Alger]

Pencils:

Russell Cole [signed as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Cole [signed as Alger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Elmer [an eel]

["By the daring of the Polos, the bandits find themselves caught in their own trap."] (Table of Contents)

Adventures of Marco Polo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven (signed)

Inks:

Sven Elven (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sven Elven

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Marco Polo

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-3-08.

South Sea Strategy [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Captain Frank Thomas (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The Sealed City [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thomson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Fitch ?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tex Thomson; Bob Daley (introduction); Gorrah (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-3-08.

[Vindication] (Table of Contents)

Inspector Donald and Bobby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leo O'Mealia

Inks:

Leo O'Mealia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

Inspector Donald; Bobby.

["Chuck Dawson is felled by a bullet in a sidewalk encounter with Trigger and Butch..."] (Table of Contents)

Chuck Dawson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)

Inks:

Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Chuck Dawson

Indexer Notes

Printed in black and white.

Haunted Farm (Table of Contents)

Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara; Tong.

Play Ball (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Characters:

Lefty Gomez

Indexer Notes

Starts with a mini-profile of "Lefty" Vernon Gomez, and then discusses pitching and various pitches. Found on the inside back cover.