Action Comics #26

(July 1940)

[Professor Cobalt's Quack Clinic] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Paul J. Lauretta (pages 1-5); Paul Cassidy (pages 6-13)

Inks:

Shuster Shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Super-hero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Villains: Professor Clarence Cobalt, Grafton; Tommy; Little Mary; Dr. Wortington.

Synopsis:

Professor Cobalt, proprietor of the Cobalt Clinic, has his advertisement turned down by the Daily Planet because it makes spurious claims. Clark runs him out after Cobalt gets aggressive with George Taylor. George gets Clark and Lois to investigate the clinic for an exposé.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

Includes a one-panel plea after the end of the story for contributions to President Roosevelt's Infantile Paralysis Fund. Penciling for Pages 1-5 was originally credited to Wayne Boring and later attributed to Don Komisarow by Bob Hughes on 8-23-08. It has since been determined by Bob Hughes and Jon Wilson to have been done by Paul J. Lauretta (as of September 2011).

[Trapped in the Snow] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Pep Morgan; Pierre.

Synopsis:

On a hunting expedition to Saskatchewan, Canada, Pep and his friend Pierre are snowed in and must traverse hundreds of miles to get to the next outpost before another storm.

[Rescued] (Table of Contents)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Captain Courtney; Jeanne; V: Captain Ruff's brother.

Synopsis:

The Black Pirate is trapped in a shark-infested sea. After fighting them off, he is picked up by another ship, run by Captain Courtney. When they dock at Savannah, Jon Valor leaves town on horseback. He meets up with a childhood friend, Jeanne, at an inn. That night, a bearded intruder comes to the inn and demands the Black Pirate.

[Ingrid Svenson's Inheritance] (Table of Contents)

Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will; Ingrid Svensen; New Guinea natives

Synopsis:

Looking for adventure in California, Gunner encounters a crying girl, Ingrid Svensen, in a diner. She needs an flight to New Guinea to retrieve pearls from on top of Devil Mountain, pearls that her father left to her in his will. Once there, the Three Aces have to figure out how to help Ingrid get the pearls.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-23-08.

Introducing "Miss X" (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; Miss X (I); Special Prosecutor Maloney; V: J. Vander Wallace; Lefty.

Synopsis:

Since Gargantua T. Potts joined the French Army, Tex and Bob find things pretty dull, but a phone call threatening death if they mix in with the new prosecutor, Maloney, gets them set on a new investigation. Maloney deputizes them to help sniff out rackets. Working on the case, they are helped by the mysterious Miss X.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-23-08.

Message to the Major [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illustration)

Inks:

? (spot illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Subaltern Jones

[Claim Jumpers] (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; Marion Trent; James Trent; Villains: Jacques Frontenac, the "devil wolf".

Synopsis:

Clip runs into Marion Trent in New York City and ends up helping her get to her father's cabin in the Hudson Bay area. Her father found a lode, and Jacques Frontenac and his spies are after the location.

The Jagtooth Gold Mine (Table of Contents)

Zatara / 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; Annette Devere; Francois Devere; Henri Jardine (flashback); V: Tony.

Synopsis:

Zatara and Tong are in the far north searching for the Jagtooth Gold Mine he has been commissioned to find. At a cabin beset by the plague, Zatara gives the inhabitants medicine and asks them about the mine. They say that the mine is guarded by a vicious man, Tony, whom Zatara will have to defeat to return the mine to his friend, Henri Jardine.