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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published November 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)]

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

13 page Superman story "The Pirate of Pleasure Island"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; V: Captain Ironfist [Stanley Finchcomb, I, D].
Synopsis The Man of Tomorrow must face what appears to be the worst buccaneer that ever plagued the Seven Seas in years past, who has mysteriously returned to attack 20th Century merchantmen.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-15-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

1 page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Capt. Hewitt T. (Shorty) Wheless"

Characters Captain Hewitt T. Wheless
Genre fact
Pencils Cliff Young
Inks Cliff Young

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-15-08.

12 page Vigilante story "The Rookie who Fought a Ghost"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks George Roussos

6 page Three Aces story "Fire Over Yunnanfu Road"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Writer and inker credits added by Craig Delich 9-15-08.

8 page Americommandos story "Destination Berlin"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].
Genre war
Script Jospeh Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.

2 page text story "The Old Fireball"

Genre adventure
Script Norman Goss (signed)
Letters typeset

Half 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 9-15-08.

6 page Congo Bill story "Idol of Doom"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle ?
Inks Edwin Smalle ?

1 page Tickets, Please filler

Genre fact

9 page Zatara story "Recipe for Robbery"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman