Issue Details

Issue	#38
Published	July 1941
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited); Murray Bolitnoff (assistant editor, uncredited)

Cover Details

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Letters	typeset
Notes	Incorrectly credited to Jack Burnley in the Archives collection. Blue "S" on cape.
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

12 page Superman story "Hypnosis by Radio"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; V: Harold Morton.
Synopsis	Superman is puzzled as several well respected citizens commit crimes, then remember nothing about the incidents!
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Novak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	Ed Dobrotka not credited in Archive. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

6 page Pep Morgan story "Slim is Kidnapped"

Characters	Pep Morgan
Genre	adventure
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

Half page Funnies filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

4 page Black Pirate story "Don De Avila"

Characters	The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]
Genre	period
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff

1 page Fantastic Facts filler

Genre	fact
Script	George Papp
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

6 page Three Aces story "The Treacherous Ministers of Atlantis"

Characters	Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will.
Genre	adventure
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Chad Grothkopf
Inks	Chad Grothkopf
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

6 page Mr. America story "The Gorrah Strikes at Libraries"

Characters	Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; the Gorrah (Villain)
Genre	superhero
Script	Ken Fitch
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)

2 page text story "Rock Bound"

Genre	adventure
Script	Alex Shane (signed)
Pencils	Stan Kaye (spot illo)
Inks	Stan Kaye (spot illo)

Half page activity "Jungle Fun"

Pencils	Bill Carey
Inks	Bill Carey

6 page Congo Bill story "The Mines of Ophir"

Characters	Congo Bill
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Notes	Writer credit revised from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

Half page filler

Half page Curios filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-29-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Rolling Fireball Menace"

Characters	Zatara
Genre	occult
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Joseph Sulman
Inks	Joseph Sulman