Action Comics #59

(April 1943)

Cinderella -- a la Superman (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

John Sikela [as Joe Shuster] (signed)

Inks:

Ed Dobrotka

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Susie Tompkins (introduction)

Synopsis:

Clark Kent, believing that he has a date with Lois, finds out he is to babysit her sister's daughter Susie. When Clark sits down to read to her, he falls asleep and that initiates a dream sequence in which Superman re-enacts the Cinderella story.

Reprints:

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 ([May] 2005)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #3 ([December] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich (2008-9-22).

Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (Table of Contents: 2)

Supermen of the U.S. Army / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Cliff Young

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Mark W. Clark

Fiddler's Fee (Table of Contents: 3)

The Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)

Inks:

Charles Paris [as Charley] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; The Fiddler [Ben Bowe] (villain, introduction); Fiddler's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

Frustrated concert violinist Ben Bowe turns to a life of crime, and plans daring robberies for his gang of toughs, and is frequently on hand to help them out as a blind violinist beggar who just happens to be standing by. He uses his awful tunes to communicate with his gang in code. While at his headquarters, various violins are tricked out as weapons: one that shoots sulphuric acid and another loaded with dynamite. He and his gang are captured by the Vigilante and Stuff.

Indexer Notes

This Fiddler is not the same villain as the Flash's.

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

Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

3 gags. Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Sky Knights of Malta (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich (2008-90-22).

Missive for Mussolini (Table of Contents: 6)

Americommando / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Jospeh Greene

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Americommando [Tex Thomson]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Jerry Bails via Craig Delich.

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

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Shorty

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich (2008-9-22).

The Scarecrow (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Willis Blaine (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

detective-mystery

The Phantom Warriors! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Edwin Smalle

Inks:

Edwin Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Congo Bill [William Morgan]; Smith; Tom Scott; Ager; van Meers; Angus

Synopsis:

Bill exposes a plot to steal diamonds from a mine owner by using a secret entrance to his mine.

Keywords:

deadfalls; diamond mines; diamonds; disguise

Crime Takes a Detour (Table of Contents: 10)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]