| Issue | #3 |
| Published | August 1938 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Vincent Sullivan |
| Notes | Reprint info by Bob Hughes, 2003-06-20 (Per Sandell ed.). |
| Characters | A sailor. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Leo E. O'Mealia (signed) |
| Inks | Leo E. O'Mealia (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Reprint info by Bob Hughes, 2003-06-20 (Per Sandell ed.). |
| Reprinted | From Action Funnies [ashcan] (DC, 1937 series) #nn (1937); in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor (not named); Stanislaw Kober; V: Thornton Blakely. |
| Synopsis | After Superman saves a group of miners from a cave-in, Clark Kent senses a story that may mean that the mine's owner, Thorton Blakely, is actually running unsafe mine operations and blaming accidents on the miners themselves. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Notes | Superman appears in only one panel in this story. Wears blue boots. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-3-08. |
| Reprinted | In Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 (Summer 1939); 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] |
| 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 | Wtiter credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08. |
| Characters | Shifty Simpson |
| Genre | humor |
| 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 | Dick Lawlor (signed) |
| Pencils | ? (spot illos) |
| Inks | ? (spot illos) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Tex Thomson |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Letters | Bernard Baily |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-3-08. |
| Characters | Chuck Dawson |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming) |
| Inks | Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming) |
| Characters | Zatara; Tong. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Vincent Sullivan ? |
| Inks | Vincent Sullivan ? |