Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	February 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 "Superman's Ark"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Charles; Mr. Morgan; V: Count von Henzel [I, D].
Synopsis	When Clark and Lois visit the Metropolis Zoo on their day off, they discover the place is virtually deserted. So Superman takes a hand, capturing a variety of new animals, but encountering a foe that nearly destroys the Man of Tomorrow.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	Ed Dobrotka not credited in Archives. Modified synopsis and some characters added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page The Vigilante story "The Head"

Characters	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid [confidant, sidekick] (I); V: the Head.
Genre	superhero
Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks	George Roussos?

Half page Laffs filler

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

6 page Three Aces story "The City with the Golden Domes"

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 9-6-08.

8 page Mr. America story "The Thunderbolt"

Characters	Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].
Genre	superhero
Script	Ken Fitch
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes	Story related by Fatman from before time he teamed with Mr. America.

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters	Casey
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 "Bird in the Hand"

Genre	adventure
Script	John Hilton (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Haunted Castle"

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

9 page Zatara story "The Cobra"

Characters	Zatara; V: the Cobra.
Genre	occult
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Joseph Sulman
Inks	Joseph Sulman