Action Comics
#10
(March 1939)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1939-01-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan [as Vincent A. Sullivan]
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 409037.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 ([December] 1997), #1 ([December] 1997) [back cover; 1/4 page] -
in Clásicos DC (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #6 - Los Archivos de Superman en Action Comics Volumen 1 (Marzo 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: The War Years 1938-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([March] 2016)
-
- Keywords
- fighter planes
Indexer Notes
Superman's "S" symbol is all yellow.
[no title indexed]
Nevertheless It's True / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the time of the discovery of America...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover, in black & white.
[Superman Goes to Prison]
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Lauretta
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Walter Crane; Governor Bixby; Superintendent Wyman
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent interviews a former prisoner who was starved and abused by the Coreytown Chain Gang, so Superman decides to get the real scoop on these abuses...and put a stop to them.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 ([December] 1997)
- in Clásicos DC (NORMA Editorial, 2004 series) #6 - Los Archivos de Superman en Action Comics Volumen 1 (Marzo 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: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([March] 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
1st red "S" chest symbol. The splash panel was used, for the most part, for the cover to Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939).
Synopsis added by Craig Delich.
[The Lefty Laroway Gang, Part 2]
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Will Ely (signed)
- Inks
- Will Ely (signed)
- Colors
- ? (red tones)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Scoop Scanlon; Lefty Laroway
Indexer Notes
Printed in red, black and white.
[The Intercity Basketball Tournament]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gardner 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.
[no title indexed]
This Doggone World / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Schwab
- Pencils
- Fred Schwab
- Inks
- Fred Schwab
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sniff sniff! Sniff!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Now You Know / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Airplane propellers act as brakes...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Marco Polo / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sven Elven
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Delighted with Marco's daring and horsemanship...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Marco Polo
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Fighting Spirit
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Richard Martin (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illos)
- Inks
- ? (spot illos)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
[Shanghaied]
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ken Fitch ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bernard Baily
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tex Thomson
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
[Jon Hall]
Film Oddities / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Papp
- Pencils
- George Papp [as Gep] (signed)
- Inks
- George Papp [as Gep] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
Historic Highlights
World of Stamps / text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
[no title indexed]
"Chuck" Dawson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming [as H. Fleming] (signed)
- Inks
- Homer Fleming [as H. Fleming] (signed)
- Colors
- ? (red tones)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot on the trail of the gunmen...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chuck Dawson
Indexer Notes
Printed in red, black and white.
The Treasure of Ghenghis Khan
Zatara, the Master Magician / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Zatara; Tong
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
["At the time of the discovery of America..."]
Nevertheless It's True -
2.
[Superman Goes to Prison]
Superman -
3.
[The Lefty Laroway Gang, Part 2]
Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter -
4.
[The Intercity Basketball Tournament]
Pep Morgan -
5.
["Sniff sniff! Sniff!"]
This Doggone World -
6.
["Airplane propellers act as brakes..."]
Now You Know -
7.
[no title indexed]
The Crowell Publishing Co. -
8.
["Delighted with Marco's daring and horsemanship..."]
The Adventures of Marco Polo -
9.
Fighting Spirit
-
10.
[Shanghaied]
Tex Thomson -
11.
[Jon Hall]
Film Oddities -
12.
Historic Highlights
World of Stamps -
13.
["Hot on the trail of the gunmen..."]
"Chuck" Dawson -
14.
The Treasure of Ghenghis Khan
Zatara, the Master Magician -
15.
The Old West
-
16.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
17.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co.
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