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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published October 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Lois Lane.
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Wayne Boring ?
Letters ?; majority typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

13 page Superman story "The Life Insurance Scam"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Mrs. Davis; Villains: Tom Davis, Mr. Fullerton [D], Martin.
Synopsis Superman investigates the Fullerton Insurance Company, which is selling small valued policies to poor people, who end up dying under mysterious circumstances.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Jack Burnley (signed as Joe Shuster)
Notes Superman next appears in New York World's Fair #2 on sale 8/2/40. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-23-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #2 (1998).

6 page Pep Morgan story "Summer Vacation in Cambodia"

Characters Pep Morgan
Genre adventure
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

1 page Sport Facts filler

Genre sports

4 page The Black Pirate story "The Red Raiders"

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

6 page Three Aces story "The Missionary and the Cannibals"

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 8-23-08.

8 page Tex Thomson story "The Washington Spy Ring"

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 8-23-08.

2 page text story "The Puppet Murder Case"

Genre crime
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils ? (spot illos)
Inks ? (spot illos)
Letters typeset

6 page Clip Carson story "The Crooked Cop"

Characters Clip Carson
Genre adventure
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

11 page Zatara story "Captain Kidd's Treasure"

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