Action Comics #3

(August 1938)

[The Blakely Mine Disaster] (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]; George Taylor (not named); Stanislaw Kober; V: Thornton Blakely.

Synopsis:

After Superman saves a group of miners from a cave-in, Clark Kent senses a story that may mean that the mine's owner, Thorton Blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves.

Reprinted:

• In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
• 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]

Indexer Notes

Superman appears in only one panel in this story. Wears blue boots. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-3-08.

[Murder at the Blue Bird Dance Palace] (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

Wins a Doubleheader (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

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

none (Table of Contents)

Shifty Simpson / 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:

humor

Characters:

Shifty Simpson

none (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.

Sports at Sea (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Lawlor (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[The Sealed City] [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thomson / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tex Thomson

Indexer Notes

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

none (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

Death from the Air (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.

none (Table of Contents)

Here and There / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vincent Sullivan ?

Inks:

Vincent Sullivan ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact