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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published February 1939
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Characters A race car driver
Genre sports
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

Half page filler "Sport Data"

Genre sports
Script George Papp?
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Found on the inside front cover. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-8-08.

13 page Superman story "$5000 Reward for Superman"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; George Taylor (unnamed); Detective Captain Reilly; Mortimer Snoop.
Synopsis Superman, having torn down a slum area so that newer, more modern apartments could be built, is labeled as a crook by the Chief of Police, who assigns Detective Reilly [better known as "100% Reilly", because he always gets his man] to bring the Man of Tomorrow in.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta?
Letters Paul Lauretta
Notes "S" Symbol is all yellow. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-8-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

6 page Scoop Scanlon, Five Star Reporter story "The Lefty Laroway Gang] [Part 1"

Characters Scoop Scanlon; V: Lefty Laroway.
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Ely (signed)
Inks Will Ely (signed)
Notes Printed in red, black and white.

6 page Pep Morgan story "The Ice Boat Race"

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.

2 page The Diddle Family filler

Characters Diddle family.
Genre family
Script Paul Gustavson?
Pencils Paul Gustavson
Inks Paul Gustavson
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-8-08.

4 page Adventures of Marco Polo story

Characters Marco Polo
Genre period
Pencils Sven Elven (signed)
Inks Sven Elven (signed)
Letters Sven Elven
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-8-08.

2 page text story "Frozen Hazard [Part 2]"

Genre adventure
Script Richard Martin (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

10 page Tex Thomson story "Dr. Kichung's Ape Army] [Part 2"

Characters Tex Thomson; V: Dr. Kichung.
Genre adventure
Script Ken Fitch?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-8-08.

1 page Sport Data filler

Genre sports
Script George Papp?
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-8-08.

6 page Chuck Dawson story

Characters Chuck Dawson
Genre adventure
Pencils Homer Fleming (signed H. Fleming)
Inks Homer Fleming (signed H. Fleming)
Notes Printed in red, black and white.

12 page Zatara Master Magician story "The Mad Lama"

Characters Zatara; Tong.
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)

1 page Candid Comic Camera filler

Genre gag
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed)

1 page filler "ADVENTUREvents"

Genre fact
Pencils Terry Gilkison
Inks Terry Gilkison
Notes Found on the inside back cover.