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Issue Details

Issue #41
Published October 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)]

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page Superman story "The Sabotage Ring"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Jeff Stanton; Villains: Steve Grant, Ralph Cowan.
Synopsis Superman follows up leads in a case involving the sabotage of the Gargan Factory by saboteurs bent on causing wide-spread destruction.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Paul Cassidy (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Archives credits this to John Sikela. New art id by Bob Hughes and Craig Delich 6/05. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

6 page Pep Morgan story "Tuerto the Bandit"

Characters Pep Morgan; V: Tuerto.
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

4 page Black Pirate story "The Albino Priestess"

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

1 page Chief Hot Foot filler

Characters Chief Hot Foot
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-3-08.

6 page Three Aces story "The Cleveland Air Races"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-3-08.

1 page Little Lewie filler

Characters Little Lewie
Genre gag
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-3-08.

8 page Mr. America story "The Gold Bullion Theft"

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

2 page text story "Quick Thinking"

Genre adventure
Script Clem Gordon (signed)
Pencils Fred Ray (spot illo)
Inks Fred Ray (spot illo)

6 page Congo Bill story "Jungle Drums"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-3-08.

Half page Facts filler

Genre fact
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-3-08.

1 page Some Fun filler

Genre humor
Script Ray McGill
Pencils Ray McGill
Inks Ray McGill
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-3-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Rival Ranchers"

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