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Issue Details

Issue #45
Published February 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 "Superman's Ark"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Charles; Mr. Morgan; V: Count von Henzel [I, D].
Synopsis When Clark and Lois visit the Metropolis Zoo on their day off, they discover the place is virtually deserted. So Superman takes a hand, capturing a variety of new animals, but encountering a foe that nearly destroys the Man of Tomorrow.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Notes Ed Dobrotka not credited in Archives. Modified synopsis and some characters added by Craig Delich 9-6-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page The Vigilante story "The Head"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid [confidant, sidekick] (I); V: the Head.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks George Roussos?

Half page Laffs filler

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

6 page Three Aces story "The City with the Golden Domes"

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 9-6-08.

8 page Mr. America story "The Thunderbolt"

Characters Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].
Genre superhero
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Story related by Fatman from before time he teamed with Mr. America.

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters Casey
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 "Bird in the Hand"

Genre adventure
Script John Hilton (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Haunted Castle"

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

9 page Zatara story "The Cobra"

Characters Zatara; V: the Cobra.
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman