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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published January 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)]

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page Superman story "The Caveman Criminal"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Dr. Kemper [D]; The Dawn Man [I, D]; Villains: Professor Steffens, Duke Brady, Pugsy [D].
Synopsis A scientist revives a prehestoric man he had discovered in Alaska and attempts to frame him for murder.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Notes Ed Dobrotka not credited in The Archives volume, Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page The Vigilante story "Galloping Gold"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: The Shade.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Notes Two-page splash.

6 page Three Aces story "The Diamond Mines"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill & Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

8 page Mr. America story "The Circus Saboteurs"

Characters Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].
Genre superhero
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)

Half page Curios filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff?
Inks Henry Boltinoff?
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

2 page text story "Reprisal"

Genre adventure
Script Edgar Weston (signed)
Pencils Cliff Young (spot illo)
Inks Cliff Young (spot illo)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Vanishing Airplanes"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-6-08.

9 page Zatara story "Theft by Rocket"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman