Unofficial Action Comics Index |
Credits:
Story | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Leo Nowak |
Inks | Ed Dobrotka |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Perry White
- Lois Lane (still writing the Lovelorn column)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Steffans (first appearance; a scientist who finds a frozen prehistoric man; dies)
- Duke Brady (first appearance; a gangster)
- Pugsy (first appearance; imitates the Prehistoric Man)
Other Character(s):
- Prehistoric Man (first appearance; unfrozen caveman who is blamed for crimes committed by Pugsy; dies)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3 ([October] 2001)
- The Superman Chronicles #8 ([June] 2010)
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 ([September] 2016)
- Superman: The Golden Age #4 ([July] 2018)
Credits:
Story | Mort Weisinger |
Art | Mort Meskin |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Vigilante (last in flashback in Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer #2; next in Leading Comics #1)
Supporting Character(s):
- Betty Stuart
- Billy Gunn (next in Leading Comics #1)
Villain(s):
- Shade (revealed to be Carter, a radio reporter; kills white Arabian horses to find a capsule containing a map to buried bonds)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Chad Grothkopf |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Harry Norris (first appearance; an old acquaintance of Bill's; plots to steal diamonds)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Capetown, South Africa
Credits:
Story | Ken Fitch |
Art | Bernard Baily |
Lettering | Bernard Baily |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Three German saboteurs (first appearance; disguised as circus employees)
Location(s):
- Powderville (first appearance)
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 (leaves for America)
- Shiela Hanlen (leaves for America)
Villain(s):
- German saboteurs (first appearance; Col. Hettz named)
Location(s):
- Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Cairo, Egypt
Credits:
Story | Gardner Fox |
Art | Joseph Sulman |
Assistant editing | Murray Boltinoff, Mort Weisinger |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- German Army (first appearance; uses advanced airship to try and extract Aluminum; Major Kurtz named)
Location(s):
- Utah