| Unofficial Action Comics Index |
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak |
| Inks | Shuster Shop |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (disguised as Zytal, an interplanetary traveler)
- Dirk Chadwick and his gang (first appearance; gangsters working for Luthor; all die)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Empire in the Sky (first appearance; Luthor's floating city)
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Art | Mort Meskin |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Vigilante (Greg Sanders; first appearance; a Country & Western "troubadour")
Villain(s):
- Killer Kelly (first appearance; Public Enemy #1; fakes his execution)
Other Character(s):
- Betty Stuart (first appearance; a blues singer)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Secret Origins #4 (September-October 1973)
- Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (2018)
Credits:
| Art | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Black Pirate (next in Sensation Comics #1/2
Supporting Character(s):
- Bonnie
Location(s):
- Mediterranean Sea in the 16th Century
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Three Aces: (heading back from South America)
Villain(s):
- Miguel Miranda (first appearance; a bandito trying to overthrow a Central American country)
Location(s):
- Central America
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Mister America (creates a "flying carpet" that he uses as a cape)
Supporting Character(s):
- Fatman (Bob Daley; creates his own crime-fighting identity using items from his living room; last in issue #40/5)
Villain(s):
- Queen Bee and her gang (first appearance; a crime boss who knows judo and karate)
Comment(s):
- This Queen Bee is not known to be related to later women with the same name.
Credits:
| Story | Fred Ray |
| Art | Fred Ray |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Professor James Kent
Villain(s):
- Tomkins (first appearance; a worker on a movie who tries to sabotage filming so he can steal ivory)
Location(s):
- Africa
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Joseph Sulman |
| Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Tigress (last in issue #35/6; last appearance)
- Frosty Parke (first appearance; a criminal associate; temporarily gains the ability to control people's minds)
Location(s):
- A small Eastern US City