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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published December 1938
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1

13 page Superman story "Superman Joins the Circus"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Curly; George Taylor (unnamed); Jordan; Derek Niles (villain)
Synopsis The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promissory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ?
Letters Paul Lauretta
Notes Wears yellow boots, "S" symbol is all yellow; synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1

6 page Chuck Dawson story

Characters Chuck Dawson
Genre adventure
Pencils Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)

4 page Pep Morgan story "The County Football Championship"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

1 page Sport Data filler

Genre sports
Script George Papp
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

Half page Coyote Canyon Bill filler

Characters Bill
Genre gag
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Notes Ad for Siegel and Shuster School of Humor on page. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

4 page Adventures of Marco Polo story

Characters Marco Polo
Genre Period
Pencils Sven Elven
Inks Sven Elven
Letters Sven Elven
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

2 page The Diddle Family filler

Characters Diddle Family
Genre family
Script Paul Gustavson
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

2 page text story "Jungle Episode"

Genre jungle
Script Richard Martin (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

10 page Tex Thomson story "Double Trouble [Part 2]"

Characters Tex Thomson
Genre adventure
Script Ken Fitch?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

1 page Now You Know filler

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page World of Stamps text article "World of Stamps"

Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Information from Error Report #3535, by Barry Sandoval.

6 page Scoop Scanlon. Five Star Reporter story "The Five Point Bank Holdup"

Characters Scoop Scanlon
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Ely (signed)
Inks Will Ely (signed)

12 page Zatara Master Magacian story "Zulu Diamond Mine"

Characters Zatara; Tong
Genre occult
Script Fred Guardineer
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer

Half page WESThrills! filler "Young Buffalo Bill, who joined the Pony Express when he was only 14 years of age, made a record run..."

Characters Buffalo Bill; John Slaughter; Wild Bill Hickok
Genre western
Pencils Gil Kesson (signed)
Inks Gil Kesson (signed)
Notes Some facts about western heroes.