Action Comics
#25
(June 1940)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-04-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor, uncredited); Murray Boltinoff (editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 455004.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993), #1 (1993) - in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 ([November] 1998)
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([October] 2007)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2016 [January 2017])
-
- Keywords
- speedboats
[Amnesiac Robbers]
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Inks
- Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (named); Lois Lane; Galbraith; Medini (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- A weird case of bank guards, messengers, etc. suffering from amnesia while on missions to transport large amounts of money spurs Superman to get involved.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 ([November] 1998)
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([October] 2007)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2016 [January 2017])
-
Indexer Notes
"S" on cape, large "S" shield on shirt begins.
[Enemy Sub]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Pep Morgan
[Captured by Captain Ruff]
The Black Pirate / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Captain Ruff (villain)
[The Living Statues]
Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
[The Kidnapping]
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ken Fitch ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tex Thomson; Gargantua T. Potts; Bob Daley
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of Gargantua T. Potts. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Message to the Major [Part 1]
text story / 1.33 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
Russian Notables
Action Stamp Page / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
The One Man Crime Wave
Zatara / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
[no title indexed]
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. -
2.
[Amnesiac Robbers]
Superman -
3.
Supermen of America
-
4.
Superman Is on the Radio!
The Adventures of Superman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club -
6.
[Enemy Sub]
Pep Morgan -
7.
[Captured by Captain Ruff]
The Black Pirate -
8.
[The Living Statues]
Three Aces -
9.
[no title indexed]
Popsicle -
10.
[The Kidnapping]
Tex Thomson -
11.
Message to the Major [Part 1]
-
12.
[no title indexed]
-
13.
[Calero the Rebel Leader]
Clip Carson -
14.
Russian Notables
Action Stamp Page -
15.
The One Man Crime Wave
Zatara -
16.
Attention!
Superman -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
18.
[no title indexed]
Spencer Fireworks Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Dasinger
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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