Action Comics #43

(December 1941)

[The Pilot's Revenge] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Leo Nowak [as Joe Shuster] (signed))

Inks:

Ed Dobrotka

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; un-named butler (villain, death); Dutch O'Leary (villain); his gang (villains)

Synopsis:

Several planes belonging to Skyway Airlines have mysteriously crashed and Perry White assigns Lois to investigate, all of which leads to peril facing Clark and Lois until Superman figures out the true culprit.

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 ([August] 2001)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #7 (2009)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([July] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Ed Dobrotka not credited in the Archives. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Some Fun / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils:

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks:

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags. Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[Billy Gunn's Mine] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Vigilante / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Shade (villain, introduction); Billy Gunn (sidekick, introduction)

The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane (Table of Contents: 4)

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 9-6-08.

[The Giant Puppets] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. America and Fat Man / 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]; Fatman [Bob Daley]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails, via Craig Delich 5/05.

Gentlemen - on Guard! (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Albert Daniels (signed)

Pencils:

Cliff Young (spot illo) (signed)

Inks:

Cliff Young (spot illo) (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

["A merciless sun pours down its molten heat..."] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

Fred Ray

Pencils:

Fred Ray [as F Ray] (signed)

Inks:

Fred Ray [as F Ray] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill; Lester Drake; James Kent; Rodney Fortescue; Sheila Hanlen

Synopsis:

Bill discovers an Axis spy using a native legend as cover for spying on British ship movements.

Keywords:

idols; prospecting; sky trams; telescopes; u-boats; World War II

[The Boss of Forrest City] (Table of Contents: 8)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman (signed)

Inks:

Joseph Sulman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara