Unofficial Action Comics Index |
Credits:
Story | Jerry Siegel |
Art | John Sikela |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Other Character(s):
- Nancy Thorgeson (first appearance)
- Morgan Thorgeson (first appearance)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 ([October] 2001)
- The Superman Chronicles #6 ([April] 2009)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 ([September] 2016)
- Superman: The Golden Age #3 ([August] 2017)
Credits:
Art | George Papp |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Anti-government rebels (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- Brentville
- Chile
Comment(s):
- This story takes place during summer vacation.
Credits:
Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bonnie
Villain(s):
- Captain Don De Avila (dies)
Location(s):
- Gibraltar, Spain (in the late 16th Century)
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the last issue.
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Chad Grothkopf |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mutinous sailors (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- Arctic Circle
- A newly created island
Credits:
Story | Ken Fitch |
Art | Bernard Baily |
Lettering | Bernard Baily |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Purple (first appearance of all; group of vigilantes led unknowingly by a Fifth Columnist)
Location(s):
- Serena (first appearance; a small town)
Credits:
Story | Fred Ray |
Art | Fred Ray |
Lettering | Fred Ray |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Professor James Kent
Villain(s):
- German troops (first appearance of all; all probably die)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Hanlen (first appearance; a famous anthropologist from Edinburgh; dies)
- Shiela Hanlen (first appearance; Dr. Hanlen's niece and secretary)
Location(s):
- Africa
- Valley of the Mists (first appearance; a hidden valley inhabited by dinosaurs)
Credits:
- Jerry Siegel (?) (script)
- Hal Sherman (?) (art)
- Murray Boltinoff and Mort Weisinger (assistant edits)
- Whitney Ellsworth (edits)
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton; first published appearance)
- Stripesy (Patrick "Pat" Dugan; first published appearance)
Comment(s):
- This is an advertisement for the upcoming Star Spangled Comics #1, introducing the characters, including a photo of Jerry Siegel.
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Joseph Sulman |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Bucky Moor and his gang (first appearance of all; tries to swindle a building site from an elderly man by going out with his daughter)