Action Comics #38

(July 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Radio Control] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Ed Dobrotka

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

As Clark shops at Norman, Inc., a mailman enters the jewelry store...

Feature Logo

Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Harold Morton (villain)

Synopsis

Superman is puzzled as several well respected citizens commit crimes, then remember nothing about the incidents!

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Ed Dobrotka not credited in Archives.

Energy to Burn (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Money for You! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[Slim is Kidnapped] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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Pencils

George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)

Inks

George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)

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Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Pep Morgan; Slim Pickens; Mr. Pickens (Slim's uncle)

Synopsis

Slim is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Keywords

Brentville Chemical Plant

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

Funnies / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We got lost...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Here It Is - Boys and Girls All-Flash Quarterly No. 1! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

All-Flash Quarterly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Don De Avila] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

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Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

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Jon Valor, the Black Pirate, is sailing for Barcelona, while...

Genre

historical

Characters

The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie

[Flames from the Sea!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)

Pencils

George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)

Inks

George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)

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Flames as high as thirty feet issued from the Sea of Santorin!

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Rastus

Keywords

Chatham Island; Paraguay; Sea of Santorin

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Action Stamp Page / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Treacherous Ministers of Atlantis! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Inks

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

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From the depths of the Earth, from the land of sunken...

Genre

adventure

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Gorrah Strikes at Libraries] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Ken Fitch

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A furtive figure in dead of night approaches a beautiful library!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; the Gorrah (Villain); Bob Daley

Free! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Moo! / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Rock-Bound (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 1.17 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Shane (credited)

Pencils

Stan Kaye (signed) (spot illustration)

Inks

Stan Kaye (signed) (spot illustration)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The big black sedan screamed of the miles on the highway that...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Slugs Sears

Hear Superman on the Radio! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Jungle Fun / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Carney (signed)

Inks

Bill Carney (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't worry, fellows...

Genre

humor

For You! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Starman; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Mines of Ophir! (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

Pencils

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

Inks

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Congo Bill, soldier of fortune, adventurer, and Professor Kent are on...

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Joe Kent; Holberg; Alex Holberg; Gando

Synopsis

Bill and Professor Kent follow a murderer on the trail to the mines of Ophir.

Keywords

dynamite; jungle fever; lions; Mines of Ophir; stereotyping of African natives; treasure maps

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

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He lost a coat once...

Genre

humor

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advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

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Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Curios / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The inhabited polar regions...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Rolling Fireball Menace] (Table of Contents: 25)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the sky high over the city a ball of...

Feature Logo

Zatara the Master Magician

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara; Jonathan Klegg; Karl

At the Top of the Field! (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)