(June 1938)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1938-04-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia:
ACTION COMICS. published monthly by Detective Comics, Inc., 480 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Second class entry pending at Post Office, New York, N. Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: 12 issues by mail in the United States, its possessions and Mexico, South America and Spain, $1.50; elsewhere $2.60. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Entire contents copyright 1938 by Detective Comics, Inc.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
In the documentation for the testimony from Detective Comics, Inc. vs. Bruns (Fox) Publications April 6 and 7, 1939, the on-sale date for this issue is described by Jack Liebowitz as being April 18, 1938.
This is confirmed again in the documentation for the Siegel lawsuit against Warner Bros (CASE NO. CV-04-8400-SGL (RZx)) published on March 26, 2008; the on-sale date for this issue is listed as being April 18, 1938.
In a profile in the New York Daily News (27 June 1994), Tom DeAngelo claimed to have been the first to give color to Superman. However, in an interview in Comic Book Marketplace #33, Ed Eisenberg claimed to have originated the color scheme for Superman as an employee of Strauss Engraving Company, which did the coloring for DC at the time.
ACTION COMICS. published monthly by Detective Comics, Inc., 480 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Second class entry pending at Post Office, New York, N. Y. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: 12 issues by mail in the United States, its possessions and Mexico, South America and Spain, $1.50; elsewhere $2.60. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited material. Entire contents copyright 1938 by Detective Comics, Inc.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
In the documentation for the testimony from Detective Comics, Inc. vs. Bruns (Fox) Publications April 6 and 7, 1939, the on-sale date for this issue is described by Jack Liebowitz as being April 18, 1938.
This is confirmed again in the documentation for the Siegel lawsuit against Warner Bros (CASE NO. CV-04-8400-SGL (RZx)) published on March 26, 2008; the on-sale date for this issue is listed as being April 18, 1938.
In a profile in the New York Daily News (27 June 1994), Tom DeAngelo claimed to have been the first to give color to Superman. However, in an interview in Comic Book Marketplace #33, Ed Eisenberg claimed to have originated the color scheme for Superman as an employee of Strauss Engraving Company, which did the coloring for DC at the time.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (see notes)
- Colors
- Jack Adler (see notes)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Butch Matson; Rick Radomski; Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #9/1984 -
in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971) [black and white] - in Stålmannen jubileumsalbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) (1974)
-
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1974 ([februar] 1974) - in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974) which is reprinted
- in Famous First Edition: New Fun #1 (DC, 2020 series) #C-63 ([June] 2020)
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Action Comics [Safeguard Deodorant Giveaway] (DC, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
- in Action Comics [Superman Sleeping Bag] (DC, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1976 ([februar] 1976) [0.5 page]
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1976 ([februar] 1976)
- in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #3/1976 ([mars] 1976)
- in The Golden Age of Comic Books (Random House, 1977 series) (April 1977)
- in Action Comics [Superman Peanut Butter] (DC, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
- in Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 10¢ Cover] (DC, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
- in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983)
- in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #9/1984 (uke 35 1984)
- in The American Comic Book (Ohio State University Press, 1985 series) (1985) [Reprinted in black and white, on page 9 in the midst of The American Comic Book article.]
- in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #10/1986 (uke 43 1986) [0.25 page]
- in Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 50¢ Cover] (DC, 1987 series) #1 (1987)
- in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #1/1987 (uke 9 1987)
- in Action Comics [50¢ Cover] (DC, 1988 series) #1 [Direct] (1988)
-
in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #57 (Diciembre 13 de 1988), #57 (Diciembre 13 de 1988) - in Action Comics 1 Reprint [Death of Superman] (DC, 1992 series) (1992)
- in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
-
in Action Comics nº1 (Fac-Símile) (Editora Abril, 1994 series) #1 (setembro 1994) - in DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes (Little, Brown, 1995 series) (1995)
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 (1997 [February 1998])
- in Tommy og Tigern (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1989 series) #3/1998 ([mars] 1998) [0.25 page]
-
in Superman (Dino Verlag, 1996 series) #37 (Juli 1998) - in Action Comics [US Postal Service] (DC / United States Postal Service, 1998 series) #1 (September 10, 1998)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) [Direct Sales] (February 2000) [minus the price, and (like all reprints of this issue) flying rocks, one bead of sweat, and about an inch off the bottom of the cover]
-
in Clásicos DC (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #6 - Los Archivos de Superman en Action Comics Volumen 1 (Marzo 2005), #6 - Los Archivos de Superman en Action Comics Volumen 1 (Marzo 2005) - in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([December] 2005)
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Coleção DC 75 Anos (Panini Brasil, 2010 series) #1 - A Era de Ouro (novembro 2010)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013) [cover]
- in Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #13 - Superman - Der Mann aus Stahl - in Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
- in L'histoire des super-héros (Neofelis, 2016 series) (avril 2016)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Action Comics [Lootcrate Exclusive] (DC, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
- in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
- in Superman Anthologie (Panini Deutschland, 2018 series) (2018)
- in DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics (Hermes Press, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Action Comics #1000: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([November] 2018)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- automobiles
Indexer Notes
In Alter Ego #56 (February 2006), in an interview with Adler, he reports that he painted the colors on the engraving plates for this story. Info added by Craig Delich.
Adler was employed by the Strauss Engraving Company, which was contracted to do the coloring and related work for DC at this time.
Error Report #2990 by Mike DeLisa states the following: "Cover was not by Shuster, actually by unknown member of DC staff based on one interior panel. Coloring was not by Jack Adler; Adler states that the work was done by DC staff. My source is the Court record and decision, which includes affidavits from Siegel, Shuster, and Adler."
Superman/Batman (DC, 2003 Series) #41 (December 2007) identifies bystander on cover as Rick Radomski of Radomski Hardware. Though this takes place during a dream sequence, the name could be considered canon.
Conversely, the cover mimics a scene within the story. In the story, the owner of the car is Butch Matson, a gangster who threatens Lois Lane, and flees in panic from Superman's wrath in the same manner as depicted on the cover. Very likely the figure on the cover is meant to be Butch Matson.
Per Todd Klein's Facebook posting, Comics Logos A #1: ACTION COMICS on 1 January 2021, Ira Schnapp had been attributed in the past as the Action Comics logo designer, but Schnapp told Michael Uslan in the 1960s that he did not do it. Designer of the logo remains unknown.
[Superman Origin]
Superman / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Joe Shuster (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As a distant planet was destroyed by old age, a scientist placed his infant son within a hastily devised space-ship, launching it toward Earth!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (origin) (introduction)
- Synopsis
- A space vehicle from a destroyed world lands on Earth, and its occupant becomes Superman. In addition, a scientific explanation for this being's powers is given.
- Reprints
- in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #1 (February-March 1973)
- in Stålmannen jubileumsalbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) (1974)
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Action Comics [Safeguard Deodorant Giveaway] (DC, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1976 series) (1976)
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Warner Books, 1976 series) (August 1976)
- in A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) (1981)
- in Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 10¢ Cover] (DC, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
- in Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 50¢ Cover] (DC, 1987 series) #1 (1987)
- in Action Comics 1 Reprint [Death of Superman] (DC, 1992 series) (1992)
- in Action Comics nº1 (Fac-Símile) (Editora Abril, 1994 series) #1 (setembro 1994)
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 (1997 [February 1998])
- in Superman (Dino Verlag, 1996 series) #37 (Juli 1998)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 - Superman (2005)
- in Clásicos DC (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #6 - Los Archivos de Superman en Action Comics Volumen 1 (Marzo 2005)
- in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([December] 2005)
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in Superman through the Ages (DC, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
- in Coleção DC 75 Anos (Panini Brasil, 2010 series) #1 - A Era de Ouro (novembro 2010)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013)
- in Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #13 - Superman - Der Mann aus Stahl
- in Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
- in Superman Anthologie (Panini Deutschland, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Action Comics #1000: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([November] 2018)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- ants; grasshoppers; Krypton; Kryptonian rocket; train
Indexer Notes
This strip was originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up, and re-paged. Black shading was used.
[The Coming of Superman]
Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Joe Shuster ? (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A tireless figure races thru the night seconds count... delay means forfeit of an innocent life.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bea Carroll (antagonist) (introduction); Evelyn Curry; Alex Greer (antagonist) (introduction); Lois Lane (introduction, last name revealed in issue #2); Butch Matson (antagonist) (introduction); Senator Barrows (antagonist) (introduction); Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (introduction, unnamed, see notes); Governor; Governor's butler
- Synopsis
- Superman delivers a witness to the governor to stop an execution, then stops a wife-beater. Later Superman, as Clark Kent, goes out with Lois, but she earns the wrath of Butch Matson and Superman must save her. Finally, Clark is assigned a story on the South American republic of San Monte. He heads to Washington DC to find out who is behind Senator Barrows pushing legislation which will embroil the United States in a war in Europe by grabbing lobbyist Alex Greer and scaring the truth out of him.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #45 [Page 2] - in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #[1] ([Summer 1939]) which is reprinted
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-61 ([March] 1979) which is reprinted
- in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #9/1979 (28. august 1979) which is reprinted
- in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #9/1984 (uke 35 1984)
- in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1 (1989 [February 1990])
- in Superman #1 [Masterpiece Edition] (Chronicle Books, 1999 series) (1999)
- in Millennium Edition: Superman 1 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000), #[Chromium Edition] (December 2000)
- in Superman 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1939 [December 2022])
- in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971) [Recolored (Superman's boots changed from blue to red)]
- in Stålmannen jubileumsalbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) (1974) which is reprinted
- in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #9/1979 ([21 augusti] 1979)
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Action Comics [Safeguard Deodorant Giveaway] (DC, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
- in Action Comics [Superman Sleeping Bag] (DC, 1976 series) #1 (1976)
- in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #9/1979 ([21 augusti] 1979)
- in A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics (Smithsonian Institution / Harry N Abrams, 1981 series) (1981)
- in Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 10¢ Cover] (DC, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
- in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983) [pp. 6-18]
- in Action Comics [Nestlé Quik 50¢ Cover] (DC, 1987 series) #1 (1987)
- in Action Comics [50¢ Cover] (DC, 1988 series) #1 (1988)
- in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #57 (Diciembre 13 de 1988)
- in Action Comics 1 Reprint [Death of Superman] (DC, 1992 series) (1992)
- in Action Comics nº1 (Fac-Símile) (Editora Abril, 1994 series) #1 (setembro 1994)
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 (1997 [February 1998])
- in Superman (Dino Verlag, 1996 series) #37 (Juli 1998)
- in Action Comics [US Postal Service] (DC / United States Postal Service, 1998 series) #1 (September 10, 1998)
- in DC Archiv Edition (Dino Verlag, 1998 series) #5 - Superman 1
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 - Superman (2005)
- in Clásicos DC (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #6 - Los Archivos de Superman en Action Comics Volumen 1 (Marzo 2005)
- in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([December] 2005)
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in Superman through the Ages (DC, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
- in Coleção DC 75 Anos (Panini Brasil, 2010 series) #1 - A Era de Ouro (novembro 2010)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013)
- in Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [January 2014])
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #13 - Superman - Der Mann aus Stahl
- in Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([May] 2016)
- in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
- in Superman Anthologie (Panini Deutschland, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Action Comics #1000: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([November] 2018)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- Daily Star; United States Capitol; Washington D.C.
Indexer Notes
Superman wears blue boots. The story continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #2 (July 1938).
Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and re-paged, most probably by Joe Shuster. Vin Sullivan, Sheldon Mayer, and Harry Lampert are often cited as having done the paste-up work based on their own claims.
Black shading was used.
George Taylor was first named in the newspaper strip in May 1939.
[The A-G Gang]
Chuck Dawson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Homer Fleming ? (sourced)
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (signed as
H. FLEMING [currved H]) - Inks
- Homer Fleming (signed as H. FLEMING [currved H])
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Charles Dawson, owner of the Circle-D Ranch is killed in a bloody Texas range war, his young son and only heir goes to live with an uncle, a horse raiser in Wyoming -
- Feature Logo
"Chuck" Dawson- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Chuck Dawson (origin) (introduction); Notch Logan (villain); John Burwell (villain); "Trigger" Holt (villain); Butch (villain); Dan Dawson
- Synopsis
- Chuck begins a vendetta aginst the crooked ranch owners who have, by fraud, acquired the range lands he inherited after his father's death.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- American Old West; Red Gulch; Texas; Wyoming
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies
Zatara / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Fred Guardineer ? (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is serious, Tong.
- Feature Logo
Zatara, Master Magician- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Tigress (antagonist) (introduction); Tong (introduction); Zatara (introduction); Detective Brown; Detective Brady (death); Captain Kennedy; Babcock (train inspector, villain); Monk (thug); Spike (thug)
- Synopsis
- Zatara and Tong investigate the murders of several railroad detectives and the theft of over $200,000 in loot.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- freight train
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
On the 11th page of this story, the text says Zatara transforms Tigress's gun into "a bullet," but the illustration shows a banana.
South Sea Strategy [Part 1]
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Vin Sullivan (credited as Captain Frank Thomas)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For an instant, the sky to the west was splashed with all the vivid colors of nature's paint box.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bret Coleman; Cottonball; Merna Newton; Samuel Newton; South Seas natives (villains)
- Synopsis
- Bret and Cottonball seek to rescue one Samuel Newton, whose daughter was carried off into the jungle by a pack of savage natives.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Sticky-Mitt Stimson / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Russell Cole (signed as Alger)
- Pencils
- Russell Cole (signed as Alger)
- Inks
- Russell Cole (signed as Alger)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Russell Cole ? (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beeg airplane!
- Feature Logo
Sticky-Mitt Stimson- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sticky-Mitt Stimson
- Synopsis
- Sticky swipes some apples and is pursued by the police. He gets a lucky break to make good his escape.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Marco Polo / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Sven Elven (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's the year 1271.
- Feature Logo
The Adventures of Marco Polo- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- Nicolo Polo; Uncle Maffeo; Marco Polo; Niku
- Synopsis
- Marco, his father and his uncle are given an audience with the new Pope. They are sent on a mission to satisfy a request from the Khan of Tartary for priests and men of learning.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Marco's uncle is named in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #4 (September 1938) and his father in issue #5 (October 1938).
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[The Light Heavyweight Championship]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (sourced)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (credited)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (credited)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Fred Guardineer (credited) (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pep Morgan, versatile young athlete is fighting Sailor Sorenson for the coveted light heavyweight championship.
- Feature Logo
"Pep" Morgan- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Pep Morgan; Pop Burkett; Sailor Sorenson; Boomerang; O'Rourke; Doc Lowery (villain)
- Synopsis
- When the Boxing Commission runs a dirty fight trainer out of town, he swears his revenge...against Pep.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[The International Jewel Thief]
Scoop Scanlon / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scoop Scanlon, ace reporter of the Bulletin, rouses his sleepy-eyed pal...
- Feature Logo
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Rusty James (introduction); Scoop Scanlon (introduction); Arnold (villain)
- Synopsis
- An international jewel thief arrives in America as a prisoner, but Scoop and Rusty are on hand to witness his escape with the help of his gang lying in wait.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- The Bulletin
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[Murder in England]
Tex Thomson / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Ken Fitch ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed as
BERNARD BAILY [thin font]) - Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed as BERNARD BAILY [thin font])
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- Bernard Baily (sourced)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having struck it rich in the oil fields of Texas, Tex Thomson has left his native country to tour the world.
- Feature Logo
Tex Thomson- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tex Thomson (introduction, see notes); Bob; Betty; unnamed gangster chief (intro, villain, death); Monk (villain); Sonja (villain)
- Synopsis
- Ken is framed for the murder of a man, and, with the help of Betty and Bobby, sets out to prove his innocence.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
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- Keywords
- England
Indexer Notes
Tex Thomson later becomes Mr. America in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #33 (February 1941) and then as the Americommando in Action Comics #54 (November 1942).
[Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Charles Boyer, Wheeler and Woolsey]
Stardust / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff ? (credited as Star Gazer) (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff ? (credited as Star Gazer) (sourced) (see notes)
- Colors
- Strauss Engraving Company
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fred Astaire once sat in a booth during a benefit given in London, and danced with...
- Feature Logo
Stardust- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Fred Astaire; Constance Bennett; Charles Boyer; Wheeler; Woolsey
- Synopsis
- Interesting facts about celebrities Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Charles Boyer and the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey are provided in this illustrated filler.
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in Millennium Edition: Action Comics 1 (DC, 2000 series) (February 2000)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
-
- Keywords
- celebrity
Indexer Notes
Per Craig Delich, art MIGHT be by Sheldon Moldoff. Synopsis added by Delich.
[Lou Gehrig, Lee Grissom, and Babe Ruth]
Odds 'n Ends / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Take it easy, horsey, we'll finish in the money anyhow!
- Feature Logo
Odds 'n Ends- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Lou Gehrig; Lee Grissom; Babe Ruth
- Reprints
- in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-26 ([April-May] 1974)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection Sonderausgabe für Abonnenten (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Action Comics 1 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2022 series) (1938 [November 2022])
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Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
$25 Cash Prizes!
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2.
[Superman Origin]
Superman -
3.
[The Coming of Superman]
Superman -
4.
[Action Comics]
Superman -
5.
[The A-G Gang]
Chuck Dawson -
6.
The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies
Zatara -
7.
South Sea Strategy [Part 1]
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8.
["Beeg airplane!"]
Sticky-Mitt Stimson -
9.
["It's the year 1271."]
The Adventures of Marco Polo -
10.
[The Light Heavyweight Championship]
Pep Morgan -
11.
[The International Jewel Thief]
Scoop Scanlon -
12.
[Murder in England]
Tex Thomson -
13.
[Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Charles Boyer, Wheeler and Woolsey]
Stardust -
14.
[Lou Gehrig, Lee Grissom, and Babe Ruth]
Odds 'n Ends -
15.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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