Action Comics #43

(December 1941)

Superman Krypto-Raygun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Crashing Planes] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

Ed Dobrotka

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the largest and most important transportation...

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Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; unnamed 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 ([October] 2001)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #7 ([September] 2009)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([September] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Ed Dobrotka not credited in the Archives.

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

Some Fun / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure - He's always been different!

Genre

humor

Characters

Jerry

Indexer Notes

3 gags. Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

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

Built-Rite Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Billy Gunn's Mine] (Table of Contents: 6)

Vigilante [Western hero] / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Shade....A sinister, spectral figure as black as his name!

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

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

Still at the Top! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

Lionel / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Adventure of the Ancient Airplane! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf

Inks

Chad Grothkopf

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in the jungles of unexplored Brazil is...

Genre

adventure

Characters

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

Keywords

Brazil

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

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

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Giant Puppets] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Ken Fitch

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]

Keywords

Center City

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Jerry Bails.

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

Flex-i-Track / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Gentlemen - on Guard! (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1.25 pages (report information)

Script

Albert Daniels (credited)

Pencils

Cliff Young (signed) (spot illo)

Inks

Cliff Young (signed) (spot illo)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was necessity that directed the steps of the tall...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Arturo Vellini; Dacru

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Fred Ray

Pencils

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

Inks

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

Colors

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Letters

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A merciless sun pours down its molten heat...

Genre

jungle; adventure

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

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Good Books and Movies / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When an earthquake wiped out their...

Characters

Sandy Lorimer; Linc

[The Boss of Forrest City] (Table of Contents: 19)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a new and uncompleted building, a man faces certain...

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Zatara the Master Magician

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara; Honeyboy Hannis

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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