Issue | #7 |
Published | December 1938 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Vincent Sullivan |
Characters | Superman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Joe Shuster |
Inks | Joe Shuster |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Curly; George Taylor (unnamed); Jordan; Derek Niles (villain) |
Synopsis | The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promissory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel) |
Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
Inks | Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta ? |
Letters | Paul Lauretta |
Notes | Wears yellow boots, "S" symbol is all yellow; synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-6-08. |
Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 |
Characters | Chuck Dawson |
Genre | adventure |
Pencils | Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming) |
Inks | Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming) |
Characters | Pep Morgan |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter) |
Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter) |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08. |
Genre | sports |
Script | George Papp |
Pencils | George Papp |
Inks | George Papp |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08. |
Characters | Bill |
Genre | gag |
Script | Fred Schwab |
Pencils | Fred Schwab |
Inks | Fred Schwab |
Notes | Ad for Siegel and Shuster School of Humor on page. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08. |
Characters | Marco Polo |
Genre | Period |
Pencils | Sven Elven |
Inks | Sven Elven |
Letters | Sven Elven |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08. |
Characters | Diddle Family |
Genre | family |
Script | Paul Gustavson |
Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
Inks | Paul Gustavson |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08. |
Genre | jungle |
Script | Richard Martin (signed) |
Pencils | ? (spot illos) |
Inks | ? (spot illos) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Tex Thomson |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ken Fitch? |
Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Letters | Bernard Baily |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Information from Error Report #3535, by Barry Sandoval. |
Characters | Scoop Scanlon |
Genre | adventure |
Pencils | Will Ely (signed) |
Inks | Will Ely (signed) |
Characters | Zatara; Tong |
Genre | occult |
Script | Fred Guardineer |
Pencils | Fred Guardineer |
Inks | Fred Guardineer |
Characters | Buffalo Bill; John Slaughter; Wild Bill Hickok |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Gil Kesson (signed) |
Inks | Gil Kesson (signed) |
Notes | Some facts about western heroes. |