Action Comics #20

(January 1940)

[Superman in Hollywood] (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); Dolores Winters (death); VILLAIN: Ultra-Humanite.

Synopsis:

After Clark Kent saves Dolores Winters from harm, he is granted a special interview. When that interview is cancelled and she kidnaps a boatload of wealthy citizens, Superman intervenes and discovers that Ultra has had his mind transplanted into her body.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

The last panel of the story is an illustrated ad for Sandman in Adventure Comics and Batman in Detective Comics. Modified synopsis and note added by Craig Delich 8-16-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Nevertheless It's True / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

none (Table of Contents)

Smart Guy / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[At the Air Show] (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.

[Murder in Rattlesnake Canyon] (Table of Contents)

Chuck Dawson / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Homer Fleming

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Chuck Dawson

[The Ivory Safari] [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

Five Star Trap (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Thomas (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

The Zombies (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 8-16-08.

[Aerial Survey] (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]

none (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Facts / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Papp

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-16-08.

The Moon Men (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