Action Comics #16

(September 1939)

[The Gambling Expose] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Paul Cassidy?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (unnamed); Police Commissioner Watson; Marty Kaye (Villain); Butch (Villain); Nick (Villain); Pete (Villain)

Synopsis:

After a run-in with a gambler who is opting out for suicide, and a Police Commissioner who won't deal with the city's gambling problem, Superman decides to wage a one-man war himself against gambling and aid the victims of it.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Superman #2 on sale. The last panel of the story is an illustrated plug for New York World's Fair Comics for 1939. Note and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

[none] (Table of Contents)

Odds 'N' Ends / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[Bodyguard] (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

Continued in next issue. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

[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 8-10-08.

[The Pharaoh's Treasure] [Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Clip Carson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Clip Carson

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

[Tex Thompson, Double Agent] (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; Gargantua T. Potts.

Indexer Notes

Gargantua T. Potts becomes Tex's valet. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-10-08.

Treasure Hunt [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum ? (signed as Jack Anthony)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Trouble at the Box-M] (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

The Terror from Saturn (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatara; Tong; Gorla; Poora; Ool

Synopsis:

Invaders from Saturn want to take over Earth.

Indexer Notes

First time since Action Comics #1-3 in which Zatara speaks backwards to invoke his magic.

[none] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Facts / 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 8-10-08.