Action Comics
#27
(August 1940)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor, uncredited); Murray Boltinoff (editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 460880.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
- Reprints
-
in Superman in Action Comics (Abbeville Press, 1993 series) #1 (1993) - in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 ([November] 1998), #2 ([November] 1998) [back cover; 1/4 page]
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #4 ([April] 2008)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2016 [January 2017])
-
- Keywords
- circuses; lions
Indexer Notes
1st Lois Lane cover
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For thrills and adventure...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[Brentwood Home for Wayward Youth]
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Cassidy (ghosted for Joe Shuster) (signed)
- Inks
- Dennis Neville
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heartless criminals exploit the helpless and unfortunate!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Mr. Tweed (villain); Mrs. Tweed (villain); Davey Merrill (villain)
- Synopsis
- Clark arrives for a date with Lois, who is making a donation to the Brentwood Rehabilitation Home. Clark tells her that the place is more interested in money than their young charges. Lois decides they should visit the home so that she can disprove Clark. After a pleasant visit, Lois and Clark are stopped by a charge, Davey Merrill, who cut his hands climbing the wall just to ask for something to eat. Once they feed him, he tells them all about the horrible conditions at the home.
- Reprints
- in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 ([November] 1998)
- in The Superman Chronicles (DC, 2006 series) #4 ([April] 2008)
- in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([August] 2013)
- in Superman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 (2016 [January 2017])
-
[The Track Meet Fix]
Pep Morgan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Pep Morgan; Bill; Cole; Coach Jones; Sheriff Blake; Villains: gamblers
- Synopsis
- At Maddon Circle Garden, Pep prepares for the Annual Foxx Quarter-Mile Race for Ardale College. In the locker room, Pep overhears gamblers bribing a runner. In the race, he is beat by Cole from State. Later, Pep and Bill find spike marks on the track. He decides to wait for the outdoor quarter to best Cole when spikes are allowed, but the gambler's plan was to get all bets on Cole so Pep could win the outdoor. When Cole is hurt in a train wreck, the gamblers have to deal with Pep.
[Fight to the Finish]
The Black Pirate / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Jeanne; Captain Ruff's brother (villain); Captain Tavish; a ship dealer; Captain Angago
- Synopsis
- Hearing Jeanne scream, Jon Valor rushes to protect her from a bearded giant, Captain Ruff's brother. Once safe, they head for Savannah and passage on Captain Tavish's ship. They retrieve Ruff's treasure and head to Bristol and buys the Sea-Queen. The dealer visits a friend, Captain Andago, who tells him that the money he received was the lost jewels of Queen Maria, and the man who bought the ship is a pirate with a price on his head.
Indexer Notes
Story title given in previous issue.
No Greater Courage
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ivan Dmytryk (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Michael Varkova
[The Blue Raider]
Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]; The Blue Raider [Blackie Dawes] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Enjoying a rest in Arizona, the Three Aces read a report about a mysterious blue plane that has been attacking Federal Airline Union transcontinental planes. Gunner finds a stranded commercial liner, and the Aces decide to track down the Blue Raider.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
The Return of the Gorrah!!
Tex Thomson / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ken Fitch ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bernard Baily (signed)
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; The Gorrah (villain); District Attorney Maloney; Janice Maloney; Tiger Dixon; Bomber Brennen; Reb Horton; Rat-Men (villain); Miss X (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Bomber Brennen is killed in a boxing match with Tiger Dixon that Tex, Bob, the D.A., and the D.A.'s daughter, Janice, were attending. Bob discovers a sponge loaded with nepthogas in the locker rooms. Dixon's manager, Reb Norton, notes that Joey Gonomi had tried to make him throw the fight, but after the lights go out and some shots are fired, Reb disappears. Tex receives a package from a florist, and he and Bob investigate, aided by Miss X. They end up captured by the Gorrah and his new creations, the Rat-Men.
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
[Shoes, Hardware, Meats]
Tiny / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tiny
Indexer Notes
Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.
[Hollywood Advisor]
Clip Carson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Clip Carson; Buzz Bailey; Snyder; Mr. Dennis (villain); Archie Norton; Jean Norton
- Synopsis
- On a plane to Hollywood, where Clip will act as technical advisor on an adventure film, he runs into Buzz Bailey. Buzz is greeted by a shady producer, Snyder, but ignores him. Clip sets out to location with Archie Norton, the star of the film, and Archie's wife, Jean, but the couple fights incessantly. On the first day of shooting, Archie is shot dead, and Clip determines to find the killer.
The Vanished Explorer
Zatara / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Zatara; Tong; Raoul D'Armand; Kara; The Link Men (villains); Ahmed the Great (villain)
- Synopsis
- On the trail of the "missing link," Raoul D'Armand was lost in the jungles of Africa. Hearing of the news, Zatara sets out with Tong to find him.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
["For thrills and adventure..."]
-
2.
[Brentwood Home for Wayward Youth]
Superman -
3.
Supermen of America
-
4.
Here Comes Superman Again!
Superman -
5.
[The Track Meet Fix]
Pep Morgan -
6.
[Fight to the Finish]
The Black Pirate -
7.
No Greater Courage
-
8.
[The Blue Raider]
Three Aces -
9.
The Return of the Gorrah!!
Tex Thomson -
10.
[Shoes, Hardware, Meats]
Tiny -
11.
[no title indexed]
Action Stamp Page -
12.
[Hollywood Advisor]
Clip Carson -
13.
[no title indexed]
Mutt & Jeff -
14.
Superman Is on the Radio!
The Adventures of Superman -
15.
[Busy Signal]
Mr. Pots -
16.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth -
17.
The Vanished Explorer
Zatara -
18.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
19.
[no title indexed]
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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- Steve Dasinger
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Chris Knight
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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