Issue Details

Issue	#44
Published	January 1942
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 Caveman Criminal"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Dr. Kemper [D]; The Dawn Man [I, D]; Villains: Professor Steffens, Duke Brady, Pugsy [D].
Synopsis	A scientist revives a prehestoric man he had discovered in Alaska and attempts to frame him for murder.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	Ed Dobrotka not credited in The Archives volume, Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page The Vigilante story "Galloping Gold"

Characters	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Shade.
Genre	superhero
Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks	Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Notes	Two-page splash.

6 page Three Aces story "The Diamond Mines"

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 9-6-08.

8 page Mr. America story "The Circus Saboteurs"

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

Half page Curios filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff?
Inks	Henry Boltinoff?
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

2 page text story "Reprisal"

Genre	adventure
Script	Edgar Weston (signed)
Pencils	Cliff Young (spot illo)
Inks	Cliff Young (spot illo)
Letters	typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Vanishing Airplanes"

Characters	Congo Bill
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Notes	Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

9 page Zatara story "Theft by Rocket"

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