Action Comics #2

(July 1938)

Thrills (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Terry Gilkison ?

Pencils:

Terry Gilkison

Inks:

Terry Gilkison

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Found on inside front cover.

[Revolution in San Monte] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel [as Jerome Siegel] (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Inks:

Joe Shuster (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo); Alex Greer (villain); Emil Norvell (villain)

Synopsis:

Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from being executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being fomented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell.

Reprints:

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939)
which is reprinted
• in Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-61 ([March] 1979)
• 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)
• in Superman #1 [Masterpiece Edition] (Chronicle Books, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999)
• in Millennium Edition: Superman 1 (DC, 2000 series) (December 2000)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) #[nn] (1971) [black and white]
• in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #9/1979 ([21 augusti] 1979)
• in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) #[nn] (1983)
• in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) ([October] 2005)
• in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([February] 2006)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([June] 2013)
• in Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2013 series) ([November] 2013)
• in Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([March] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged. No black shading used. Clark works for the [Cleveland] Evening News. Superman wears blue boots. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-3-08.

["Attention all American youth!"] (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

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

[The Shipwreck] (Table of Contents)

Scoop Scanlon, Five-Star reporter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Will Ely (signed)

Inks:

Will Ely (signed)

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Scoop Scanlon; Sinclair Wentworth; Rusty James

Synopsis:

A storm crashes a yacht onto a rocky reef and Scoop Scanlon helps the coast guard rescue the passengers.

[Glass Arm] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer [as Gene Baxter] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Pep Morgan

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

["Thief! Police!"] (Table of Contents)

Elmer the Eel / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Russell Cole [as Alger] (signed)

Pencils:

Russell Cole [as Alger] (signed)

Inks:

Russell Cole [as Alger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Elmer (an eel)

["By the daring of the Polos, the bandits find themselves caught in their own trap."] (Table of Contents)

The Adventures of Marco Polo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven (signed)

Inks:

Sven Elven (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sven Elven

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Marco Polo; Niku; Nicolo Polo; Uncle Maffeo

Synopsis:

In a narrow mountain pass, Marco sends an avalanche onto the bandits threatening the Polo caravan. The few survivors are taken as hostage for save passage through this dangerous land.

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous issue and continues in next.

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-3-08.

South Sea Strategy [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Captain Frank Thomas (signed)

Pencils:

? (spot illos)

Inks:

? (spot illos)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bret Coleman; Cottonball; Samuel Newton; Merna Newton

Synopsis:

Bret Coleman rescues a young lady from ritual sacrifice by island natives.

The Sealed City [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thomson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Ken Fitch ?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Tex Thomson; Bob Daley (introduction); Gorrah (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The One-Eyed Gorrah rules a legendary city that had been buried by a volcano. However, he had overthrown the “real” Gorrah and Tex Thompson and Bob Daley team up with the “real” Gorrah to retake his throne.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich (2008-8-3).

Gorrah returns later for revenge and apparently dies early in Tex's career as the masked patriotic hero, Mr. America.

[Vindication] (Table of Contents)

Inspector Donald and Bobby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leo O'Mealia

Inks:

Leo O'Mealia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Inspector Bob Donald; Bobby Donald; Tom Faber; Tim Riley; Commissioner Harry

Synopsis:

Disgraced police inspector Bob Donald disappears and his son Bobby is determined to find him.

["Chuck Dawson is felled by a bullet in a sidewalk encounter with Trigger and Butch..."] (Table of Contents)

Chuck Dawson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Homer Fleming [as H. Fleming] (signed)

Inks:

Homer Fleming [as H. Fleming] (signed)

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Chuck Dawson; Notch Logan; Trigger Holt; Sheriff; Deputy; John Burwell

Synopsis:

Having escaped from jail, Chuck continues his quest to bring down the A-G gang who stole his father's property.

Indexer Notes

Printed in black and white.

Story continues from previous issue and continues in next.

Haunted Farm (Table of Contents)

Zatara, Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Tong; Miss Hendrix; Jim Hendrix; Adam Springer

Synopsis:

Zatara investigates a murder on a reportedly haunted farm.

Indexer Notes

Gardner Fox credit from interview in Alter Ego #20 Jan 2003 in which Fox states this was his first Zatara story.

Play Ball (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Lefty Gomez

Indexer Notes

Starts with a mini-profile of "Lefty" Vernon Gomez, and then discusses pitching and various pitches. Found on the inside back cover.