(November 1939)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Editing:
- Vincent Sullivan
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 449); ongoing series
none (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Fred Guardineer (signed Guardineer)
- Inks:
- Fred Guardineer (signed Guardineer)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- aviation
- Characters:
- Aviation dogfight.
- Reprinted:
- In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.
[The Blackmail of Senator Hastings] (Table of Contents)
Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Cassidy ? [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Gene Powers of the Morning Herald; George Taylor (unnamed); Senator Hastings; Trixie (Villain); Hamilton (editor of the Morning Herald, Villain)
- Synopsis:
- Superman investigates and halts the activities of a "yellow journalist" editor who is blackmailing noted officials.
- Reprinted:
- In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1
Indexer Notes
The last panel features the cover and ad for New York World's Fair Comics for 1939. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-16-08.
[Old Elias] (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 8-16-08.
[The Frame] (Table of Contents)
Chuck Dawson / comic story / 4 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 Cult of the Tiger] [Part 2] (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
Flying Fool (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner F. Fox ?; Vince Sullivan ? (signed as Terry Keane)
- Pencils:
- ? (spot illos)
- Inks:
- ? (spot illos)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- aviation
[The Return of the Gorrah] [Part 2] (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; V: the Gorrah.
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-16-08.
none (Table of Contents)
Tiny / filler / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Fred Schwab
- Pencils:
- Fred Schwab
- Inks:
- Fred Schwab
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Fred Schwab
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Characters:
- Tiny
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 8-16-08.
[The Captured Planes] (Table of Contents)
Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bert Christman (signed as Christopher)
- Inks:
- Bert Christman (signed as Christopher)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will] (introduction, origin)
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 8-16-08.
The Atlantis Mystery (Table of Contents)
Zatara Master Magician / comic story / 11 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner F. Fox
- Pencils:
- Fred Guardineer
- Inks:
- Fred Guardineer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Zatara
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[The Blackmail of Senator Hastings]
Superman -
2.
[Old Elias]
Pep Morgan -
3.
[The Frame]
Chuck Dawson -
4.
[The Cult of the Tiger] [Part 2]
Clip Carson -
5.
Flying Fool
-
6.
[The Return of the Gorrah] [Part 2]
Tex Thomson -
7.
none
Tiny -
8.
[The Captured Planes]
Three Aces -
9.
none
Fantastic Facts -
10.
The Atlantis Mystery
Zatara Master Magician
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