Action Comics #10

(March 1939)

Nevertheless It's True (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[The Cory Town Chain Gang] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Paul Lauretta

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Walter Crain; V: Superintendent Wyman, Coreytown Chain Gang.

Synopsis:

Clark Kent interviews a former prisoner who was starved and abused by the Coreytown Chain Gang, so Superman decides to get the real scoop on these abuses....and put a stop to them.

Reprinted:

• In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

1st red "S" chest symbol; 1/16/39 newspaper strip begins; the splash panel was used, for the most part, for the cover to Superman #1 in 1939. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

[The Lefty Laroway Gang] [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Will Ely (signed)

Inks:

Will Ely (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Scoop Scanlon; V: Lefty Laroway.

Indexer Notes

Printed in red, black and white.

[The Intercity Basketball Tournament] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 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.

none (Table of Contents)

This Doggone World / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab

Pencils:

Fred Schwab

Inks:

Fred Schwab

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal

Indexer Notes

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

none (Table of Contents)

Now You Know / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

none (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sven Elven

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Marco Polo

Indexer Notes

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

Fighting Spirit (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard Martin (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Shanghaied] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 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

Indexer Notes

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

none (Table of Contents)

Film Oddities / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Papp

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

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

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)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Chuck Dawson

Indexer Notes

Printed in red, black and white.

Treasure of Ghengis Khan (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara; Tong.

none (Table of Contents)

Old West / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gil Kesson

Inks:

Gil Kesson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact