Action Comics #27

(August 1940)

[The Brentwood Rehabilitation Home] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks:

Dennis Neville

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Villains: Mr. Tweed, Mrs. Tweed; Davey Merrill.

Synopsis:

Clark arrives for a date with Lois, who is making a donation to the Brentwood Rehabilitation Home. Clark tells her that the place is more interested in money than their young charges. Lois decides they should visit the home so that she can disprove Clark. After a pleasant visit, Lois and Clark are stopped by a charge, Davey Merrill, who cut his hands climbing the wall just to ask for something to eat. Once they feed him, he tells them all about the horrible conditions at the home. Lois goes back to investigate but is captured by the Tweeds, the proprietors. Assuming Lois has gotten into trouble, Superman rushes to the home to save her and Davey.

Reprinted:

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

[The Track Meet Fix] (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; Bill; Cole; Coach Jones; Sheriff Blake; Villains: gamblers.

Synopsis:

At Maddon Circle Garden, Pep prepares for the Annual Foxx Quarter-Mile Race for Ardale College. In the locker room, Pep overhears gamblers bribing a runner. In the race, he is beat by Cole from State. Later, Pep and Bill find spike marks on the track. He decides to wait for the outdoor quarter to best Cole when spikes are allowed, but the gambler's plan was to get all bets on Cole so Pep could win the outdoor. When Cole is hurt in a train wreck, the gamblers have to deal with Pep.

Fight to the Finish (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Jeanne; V: Captain Ruff's brother; Captain Tavish; a ship dealer; Captain Angago.

Synopsis:

Hearing Jeanne scream, Jon Valor rushes to protect her from a bearded giant, Captain Ruff's brother. Once safe, they head for Savannah and passage on Captain Tavish's ship. They retrieve Ruff's treasure and head to Bristol and buys the Sea-Queen. The dealer visits a friend, Captain Andago, who tells him that the money he received was the lost jewels of Queen Maria, and the man who bought the ship is a pirate with a price on his head.

Indexer Notes

Story title given in previous issue.

No Greater Courage (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ivan Dmytryk (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Michael Varkova

[The Blue Raider] (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; V: The Blue Raider [Blackie Dawes].

Synopsis:

Enjoying a rest in Arizona, the Three Aces read a report about a mysterious blue plane that has been attacking Federal Airline Union transcontinental planes. Gunner finds a stranded commercial liner, and the Aces decide to track down the Blue Raider.

Indexer Notes

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

The Return of the Gorrah!! (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; V: The Gorrah; District Attorney Maloney; Janice Maloney; Tiger Dixon; Bomber Brennen; Reb Horton; V: Rat-Men; Miss X (cameo).

Synopsis:

Bomber Brennen is killed in a boxing match with Tiger Dixon that Tex, Bob, the D.A., and the D.A.'s daughter, Janice, were attending. Bob discovers a sponge loaded with nepthogas in the locker rooms. Dixon's manager, Reb Norton, notes that Joey Gonomi had tried to make him throw the fight, but after the lights go out and some shots are fired, Reb disappears. Tex receives a package from a florist, and he and Bob investigate, aided by Miss X. They end up captured by the Gorrah and his new creations, the Rat-Men.

Indexer Notes

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

[Shoes, Hardware, Meats] (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:

gags

Characters:

Tiny

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 8-23-08.

[Hollywood Advisor] (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; Buzz Bailey; Snyder; V: Mr. Dennis; Archie Norton; Jean Norton.

Synopsis:

On a plane to Hollywood, where Clip will act as technical advisor on an adventure film, he runs into Buzz Bailey. Buzz is greeted by a shady producer, Snyder, but ignores him. Clip sets out to location with Archie Norton, the star of the film, and Archie's wife, Jean, but the couple fights incessantly. On the first day of shooting, Archie is shot dead, and Clip determines to find the killer.

[Busy Signal] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Pots / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Mr. Pots

The Vanished Explorer (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; Raoul D'Armand; Kara; Villains: The Link Men, Ahmed the Great.

Synopsis:

On the trail of the "missing link," Raoul D'Armand's was lost in the jungles of Africa. Hearing of the news, Zatara sets out with Tong to find him.