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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published March 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan
Notes Superman's "S" symbol is all yellow. Note added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster
Letters typeset
Notes Superman's "S" symbol is all yellow. Note added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

1 page filler "Nevertheless It's True"

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

13 page Superman story "The Cory Town Chain Gang"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Walter Crain; V: Superintendent Wyman, Coreytown Chain Gang.
Synopsis Clark Kent interviews a former prisoner who was starved and abused by the Coreytown Chain Gang, so Superman decides to get the real scoop on these abuses....and put a stop to them.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta?
Letters Paul Lauretta
Notes 1st red "S" chest symbol; 1/16/39 newspaper strip begins; the splash panel was used, for the most part, for the cover to Superman #1 in 1939. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

6 page Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter story "The Lefty Laroway Gang] [Part 2"

Characters Scoop Scanlon; V: Lefty Laroway.
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Ely (signed)
Inks Will Ely (signed)
Notes Printed in red, black and white.

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Intercity Basketball Tournament"

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 This Doggone World filler

Genre funny animal
Script Fred Schwab
Pencils Fred Schwab
Inks Fred Schwab
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

Half page Now You Know filler

Genre fact
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

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 8-9-08.

2 page text story "Fighting Spirit"

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

10 page Tex Thomson story "Shanghaied"

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 8-9-08.

1 page Film Oddities filler

Genre fact
Script George Papp
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

6 page Chuck Dawson story

Characters Chuck Dawson
Genre adventure
Pencils Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Notes Printed in red, black and white.

12 page Zatara Master Magician story "Treasure of Ghengis Khan"

Characters Zatara; Tong.
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)

1 page Old West filler

Genre fact
Pencils Gil Kesson
Inks Gil Kesson