Action Comics #21

(February 1940)

[The Atomic Disintegrator] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Dennis Neville?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Terry Curtis (introduction); Metropolis (mentioned); Ultra (villain)[Ultra-Humanite, as Dolores Winters]; George Taylor

Synopsis:

Ultra hears of the invention by Terry Curtis of an atomic disintegrator he has created and vows to get it, all in order to further advance his plan to dominate the world.

Reprinted:

• In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

Indexer Notes

Oddity: on page 1, Clark Kent mysteriously is shown in a suit, then undershirt, and back to suit again with no explanation. The last panel of the story introduces by illo and text a new feature called The Spectre. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-21-08.

[The Florida Handicap Race] (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 8-21-08.

none (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Homer Fleming

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Chuck Dawson

[The Gun-Running Racket] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Clip Carson

[The Doll Murders] (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; Bob Daley; Col. Rushmore; Gargantua T. Potts.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-21-08.

A Blaze of Glory (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox or Vincent Sullivan ? (signed as Terry Keane)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[The Lost Scot Gold Mine] [Part 1] (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)

From the Four Corners / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

The Deaths on the Moor (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; Tong.