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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published May 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Paul Cassidy
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

13 page Superman story "Carnahan's Heir"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Carnahan; Peter Carnahan; Jenkins; V: Jake Brent.
Synopsis A dying millionaire requests the aid of the Man of Tomorrow to help straighten out his worthless son, who is a gambler, spendthrift, and a weak-kneed sop.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks Paul Cassidy
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-22-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

6 page Pep Morgan story "Spring Training"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)

4 page Black Pirate story "Escape from the Island"

Characters The Black Pirate [Jon Valor].
Genre period
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff (signed)
Inks Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

6 page Three Aces story "The Stolen Gold"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-22-08.

10 page Tex Thomson story "The Invisible Steam"

Characters Tex Thomson; Bob Daley; Gargantua T. Potts.
Genre adventure
Script Ken Fitch?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-22-08.

2 page text story "Eleven Minutes"

Genre adventure
Script Guy Monroe (signed)
Pencils ? (spot illo)
Inks ? (spot illo)
Letters typeset

6 page Clip Carson story "Revolution in Verdania] [Part 2"

Characters Clip Carson
Genre adventure
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

11 page Zatara story "The Magician Murder"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Fred Guardineer
Inks Fred Guardineer