Action Comics #47

(April 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Yankee Doodle's Cousins (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Powerstone (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Inks

John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Luthor; Perry White; Lois Lane; Brett Calhoun

Synopsis

Luthor gains super strength in order to battle Superman in hand-to-hand combat after Brett Calhoun announces that he is going to give away half of his fortune ($3 million) to any man who can prove he is the richest man in Metropolis.

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Bimestriel (Sage - Sagédition, 1975 series) #3 (août-septembre 1975) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 ([October] 2001)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #8 ([June] 2010)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([September] 2016)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([July] 2018)

Keywords

Powerstone (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story continued in part in Superman #17.

Supermen of America (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

"Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh! I'm so strong sometimes I scare myself!

Genre

sports

[The Green Cowled Menace] (Table of Contents: 6)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Scorpion (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Busy Bill the Bill Collector / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Storm

Inks

George Storm

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Bill. What's cooking?

Genre

humor

Characters

Busy Bill

[Go to War] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

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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: 9)

Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's the hash today, Ben-Ali?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags. Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

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

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

The Skeletons in Armor (Table of Contents: 11)

Mr. America and Fatman / 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]; The Queen Bee (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Jerry Bails.

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

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmm - What a headache!

Genre

humor

Characters

Chief Hot Foot

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Here's Top Value! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

V ···- For Vengeance (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Norman Goss (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

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

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Superman's Radio Show Covers the Continent! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

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Pencils

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

Inks

Fred Ray (signed as F Ray)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A trading steamer churns slowly through the low waters of an African river.

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; the Red Khan (villain); Janet Logan; Major Fortney; Bula

Synopsis

Bill captures the leader of a band of raiders.

Keywords

Benzima (British outpost); steamboats

Indexer Notes

Possible Fred Ray script credit removed by Craig Delich.

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

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Business hasn't been so good lately...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[Nargo, the Ruler of Atlantis] (Table of Contents: 19)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Joe Sulman (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Zatara; Nargo (villain)

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) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)