| Issue | #49 |
| Published | June 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)] |
| Notes | Confirmed by Fred Ray per Craig Delich 5/05. Archive Edition credits Ed Dobrotka (pencils), John Sikela (inks), Abbeville Press Superman in Action Comics credits Wayne Boring. |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Confirmed by Fred Ray per Craig Delich 5/05. Archive Edition credits Ed Dobrotka (pencils), John Sikela (inks), Abbeville Press Superman in Action Comics credits Wayne Boring. |
| Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
| Characters | Superman [Clark kent]; V: The Puzzler (I); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo). |
| Synopsis | Superman must battle a twisted intellect who utilizes the principles of parlor games, tricks and puzzles to commit clever crimes. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | John Sikela ()signed as Joe Shuster) |
| Inks | Ed Dobrotka |
| Notes | Pencil and ink credits are reversed in Archives. New art id by Craig Delich and Bob Hughes 6/05. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
| Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
| Characters | Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Cliff Young? |
| Inks | Cliff Young? |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
| Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Rainbow Man. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton) |
| Inks | Cliff Young? |
| Characters | Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
| 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 by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | John Hilton (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Congo Bill |
| Genre | jungle |
| Pencils | Fred Ray |
| Inks | Fred Ray |
| Notes | Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
| Characters | Zatara |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
| Inks | Joseph Sulman |