| Issue | #55 |
| Published | May 1940 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Notes | The Spectre's skin is still grey and colored incorrectly in reprints. |
| Characters | The Spectre |
| Genre | superhero; occult |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Notes | The Spectre's skin is still grey and colored incorrectly in reprints. |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Wayne Grant; V: Zor; Clarice Winston. |
| Synopsis | The Spectre meets a foe who is as powerful as himself and works feverishly to overpower him before he can harm Clarice. |
| Genre | superhero; occult |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Notes | Siegel's signature omitted from the Archives reprint. Synopsis modified by Craig Delich 11-06-07. |
| Reprinted | In DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #6 (1971); in Golden Age Spectre Archives (DC, 2003 series) #1; in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition (DC, 2004 series) #[nn] |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Characters | Biff Bronson; Dan Druff, Mrs. Druff (his mother). |
| Synopsis | Crooks disguised as police detectives try to pull a scam on Dan. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Al Sulman |
| Pencils | Joe Sulman |
| Inks | Joe Sulman |
| Characters | Lt. Bob Neal; Tubby |
| Synopsis | Enemy spies, disguised as a British freighter, try to blow up the Panama Canal. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Robert Hirsch |
| Pencils | Russ Lehman |
| Inks | Russ Lehman |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Britton Quigley (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson](intro), V: Wotan (intro), Inza [confidant]. |
| Synopsis | Wotan kidnaps Inza to get at Dr. Fate, so Fate goes after him in order to rescue her and seemingly kills him in the end. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Howard Sherman |
| Inks | Howard Sherman |
| Letters | Howard Sherman |
| Notes | Dr. Fate has no gloves, appears w/o a cape in many panels and appears w/o origin. Cover to this issue not reprinted in the archive edition. Synopsis modified by Craig Delich 11-05-07. |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 |
| Characters | Baron Munchausen |
| Genre | review |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Captain Desmo, Gabby, Joyce Allen, V: Society of Assassins. |
| Synopsis | Gabby disguises himself as Joyce's father as part of a trap for the assassins. |
| Genre | adventure; aviation |
| Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
| Inks | Ed Winiarski |
| Genre | funny animal |
| Characters | Radio Squad: Sandy Keane & Larry Trent; V: Derek Morely. |
| Synopsis | Derek Morely taunts the Squad with a list of murders he intends to carry out. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Chad Grothkopf (signed) |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf (signed) |
| Characters | Detective Sgt. Carey, Sleepy. |
| Synopsis | Carey investigates deaths caused by vampire bats. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Joe Donohoe |
| Pencils | Joe Donohoe |
| Inks | Joe Donohoe |
| Characters | Sgt. O'Malley; Black Hawk; V: the Wolf Man. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Lehti (signed) |
| Characters | Bulldog Martin |
| Synopsis | Bulldog Martin uses his invisibility powers to uncover the culprit behind the murder of Joe Morgan's uncle. |
| Genre | adventure; superhero |
| Pencils | Bart Tumey |
| Inks | Bart Tumey |