Action Comics #37

(June 1941)

[Clark Kent, Police Commissioner] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Paul Cassidy [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Sgt. Casey; Mayor Garson; Commissioner Larrimore (death); ex-Commissioner Kennedy (villain)

Synopsis:

The criminal element of Metropolis is killing every Police Commissioner appointed, and Clark sees a connection between the criminal element and certain crooked politicians. But Clark is dumbfounded when it is suggested he take the job to crack down on that criminal element!

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 ([August] 2001)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #6 (2009)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([July] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #3 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Superman is still sought by the police for working outside the law. Modified synopsis and some info added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

Quiz (Table of Contents: 2)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

[The Playboy's Gambling Ring] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)

Inks:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Pep Morgan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

False Alarms / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Lou Paige?

Pencils:

Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)

Inks:

Lou Paige [as Paige] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit and first name of artist added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Oddities / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Facts.. / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

The Lost City of Atlantis (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-27-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

True-isms / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[The Spy B-7] (Table of Contents: 9)

Mr. America / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Ken Fitch

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Bob Daley

In the Nick of Time (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Elgar Weston (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

["A trading steamer on a muddy African river --"] (Table of Contents: 11)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Fred Ray [as F Ray] (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Ray [as F Ray] (signed)

Inks:

Fred Ray [as F Ray] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Joe Kent; Major Stirling; Syble Stirling; Mungo

Synopsis:

Bill helps a British major's daughter kidnap the commander of an enemy outpost.

Keywords:

horses; machine guns; pole vaulting; seaplanes; Tabur (African outpost)

Indexer Notes

Series continues from More Fun #67.

Script credit added by Craig Delich, per the Who's Who.

["Kelly always blindfolds himself..."] (Table of Contents: 12)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[The Baseball Fixers] (Table of Contents: 13)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman (signed)

Inks:

Joseph Sulman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara