Issue | #51 |
Published | August 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)] |
Notes | Credited to Wayne Boring in the Abbeville Press "Superman in Action Comics" book. Ray credits verified to Craig Delich by Fred Ray and Jack Burnley. |
Characters | Superman; V: The Prankster. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Fred Ray |
Inks | Fred Ray |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Credited to Wayne Boring in the Abbeville Press "Superman in Action Comics" book. Ray credits verified to Craig Delich by Fred Ray and Jack Burnley. |
Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; V: the Prankster, (I), Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White. |
Synopsis | Clark and Lois are directed to a story involving a weird figure calling himself the Prankster, who breaks into a bank, only to leave a black bag "on deposit" that is chock full of money. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
Pencils | John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Inks | John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster) |
Notes | Archives credits pencils to Ed Dobrotka. New art id by Craig Delich and Bob Hughes 6/05. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001). |
Characters | Captain Arthur Wermuth |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Cliff Young? |
Inks | Cliff Young? |
Characters | The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff; V: "Brain" Storms. |
Synopsis | Greg Sanders returns to his old home town out west, only to find criminals from the city have gone there to get away from him. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Samachson? |
Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton) |
Inks | Cliff Young |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
Characters | Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
Characters | Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Ken Fitch |
Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Notes | Strip is continued next issue as The Americommandos. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ed McGee (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Genre | gag |
Script | Ray McGill |
Pencils | Ray McGill |
Inks | Ray McGill |
Letters | Ray McGill |
Notes | Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
Characters | Congo Bill |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Fred Ray |
Inks | Fred Ray |
Notes | Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
Characters | Shorty |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
Characters | Jerry |
Genre | gag |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08. |
Characters | Zatara |
Genre | occult |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
Inks | Joseph Sulman |