| Issue | #2 |
| Published | July 1938 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Vincent Sullivan |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Leo E. O'Mealia (signed) |
| Inks | Leo E. O'Mealia (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Terry Gilkison ? |
| Pencils | Terry Gilkison |
| Inks | Terry Gilkison |
| Notes | Found on inside front cover. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lola Cortez; George Taylor (cameo); Villains: Alex Greer, Emil Norvell. |
| Synopsis | Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent by editor Taylor to San Monte in South America to cover a war that is brewing. Besides saving Lois from executed as a spy, Superman proves the war is being formented by munitions manufacturers led by Emil Norvell. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Notes | Originally prepared for newspaper publication, cut up and repaged. No black shading used. Clark works for the [Cleveland] Evening News. Superman wears blue boots. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-3-08. |
| Reprinted | In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939); in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983); in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #1; in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1 [recap]; in Superman #1 [Masterpiece Edition] (Chronicle Books, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #nn |
| Characters | Scoop Scanlon |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Will Ely (signed) |
| Inks | Will Ely (signed) |
| Characters | Pep Morgan |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer [signed as Gene Baxter] |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer [signed as Gene Baxter] |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08. |
| Characters | Elmer [an eel] |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Russell Cole [signed as Alger] |
| Pencils | Russell Cole [signed as Alger] |
| Inks | Russell Cole [signed as Alger] |
| Characters | Marco Polo |
| Genre | period |
| Pencils | Sven Elven (signed) |
| Inks | Sven Elven (signed) |
| Letters | Sven Elven |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-3-08. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Captain Frank Thomas (signed) |
| Pencils | ? (spot illos) |
| Inks | ? (spot illos) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Tex Thomson; Bob Daley (introduction); Gorrah (villain, introduction) |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Ken Fitch ? |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Letters | Bernard Baily |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-3-08. |
| Characters | Inspector Donald; Bobby. |
| Genre | Detective |
| Pencils | Leo O'Mealia |
| Inks | Leo O'Mealia |
| Characters | Chuck Dawson |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming) |
| Inks | Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming) |
| Notes | Printed in black and white. |
| Characters | Zatara; Tong. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Characters | Lefty Gomez |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Notes | Starts with a mini-profile of "Lefty" Vernon Gomez, and then discusses pitching and various pitches. Found on the inside back cover. |