| Issue | #47 |
| Published | April 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)] |
| Characters | Superman; Lex Luthor (1st cover appearance). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001); in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #nn. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Luthor; Perry White; Lois Lane; Brett Calhoun; Powerstone (I). |
| Synopsis | Luthor gains super strength in order to battle Superman in hand-to-hand combat after Brett Calhoun announces that he is going to give away half of his fortune [$3 million] to any man who can prove he is the richest man in Metropolis. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Sikela |
| Inks | John Sikela |
| Notes | Story continued in part in Superman #17. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Reprinted | In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972); in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
| Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: Scorpion (I). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Mort Weisinger |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Characters | Busy Bill |
| Genre | gag |
| Characters | Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Characters | Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; V: The Queen Bee; Fatman (Bob Dailey). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ken Fitch |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Notes | Writer credit per Jerry Bails, via Craig Delich 5/05. |
| Characters | Chief Hot Foot |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Genre | crime |
| Script | Norman Goss (signed) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Congo Bill; V: the Red Khan. |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Notes | Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08. |
| Characters | Zatara; V: Nargo. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
| Inks | Joseph Sulman |