| Issue | #31 |
| Published | May 1938 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Vince Sullivan |
| Notes | First issue published by Detective Comics Inc. 480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY. |
| Genre | children |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel (signed) |
| Inks | Creig Flessel (signed) |
| Notes | Kid and dog hunting. |
| Characters | Superman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Notes | House ad for Action Comics #1 (June 1938) showing cover in black and white. |
| Characters | Sandra; Michael; Baron Von Schmidt; Lucille Du Pont |
| Synopsis | Sandra tracks down the missing jewels and captures the criminal. |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Will Ely (signed) |
| Inks | Will Ely (signed) |
| Notes | Sandra's last name give as McClane in this story. Not sure if it's an alias or not. |
| Characters | Dr. Occult; Ellsworth; Daro |
| Synopsis | Daro employs zombies in his mine, but he's really planning to rule the world. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Jerry Siegel [as Leger] |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster [as Reuths] |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Notes | Story title from Nigel Cantwell (February 22, 2004). |
| Characters | Buzz Brown; Sandy MacDonald; Captain Scudd; Cookie |
| Synopsis | Buzz and Sandy find themselves prisoners of the notorious Captain Scudd, who saved them from the squall last issue. Their only option is mutiny. |
| Genre | action; adventure |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel (signed) |
| Inks | Creig Flessel (signed) |
| Notes | Artist credits from Nigel Cantwell (February 22, 2004). |
| Characters | Wing Brady; Hap Hamilton; Frenchy Renard; Jill Bradford; Ali Massa |
| Synopsis | Jill discovers the murdered man is her uncle Cyrus, who had conspired with Ali Massa to sell her into slavery. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| Characters | Hank; Hunk |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Notes | only appearance. Artist credits from Nigel Cantwell (February 22, 2004) & Jerry Bails |
| Script | Thomas Delaney |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer [as F.B.G.] |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer [as F.B.G.] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Slaphappy; Pappy |
| Genre | humor |
| Pencils | B. Block (signed) |
| Inks | B. Block (signed) |
| Notes | Only appearance. |
| Characters | Bobby; Binks; Edward III; The Black Prince |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Homer Fleming (signed) |
| Inks | Homer Fleming |
| Characters | Mark Marson; Diane Greystone; Ransford; Monty |
| Synopsis | Mark continues to pursue the murderer of Greystone, but as this is the last episode, never finds him. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| Notes | last appearance |
| Characters | Johnnie Law; Knucks; Brad Dunphy; Hunchy Bambace |
| Synopsis | Hunchy is behind the murder of a shopkeeper, but Johnnie can't hold him because he has a fake alibi. |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Will Ely (signed) |
| Inks | Will Ely (signed) |
| Notes | black and white, except the first page has red. |
| Characters | Sandy Kean; Larry Trent; Mr. Dale |
| Synopsis | Dale plans to burn down his own store, but Sandy and Larry are too quick for him. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Shuster (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Shuster |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | Henry Kiefer |
| Inks | A. D. Kiefer |
| Characters | Athos; Richelieu; Buckingham |
| Genre | period |
| Script | Sven Elven |
| Pencils | Sven Elven (signed) |
| Inks | Sven Elven |
| Notes | in red |
| Characters | Ginger Snap (intro); the Colonel |
| Synopsis | The Colonel takes Ginger to the Ritz. |
| Genre | children; humor |
| Script | Bob Kane |
| Pencils | Bob Kane [as Robert Kane] |
| Inks | Bob Kane |
| Characters | Brad Hardy; Genral Porgo; Kardos |
| Synopsis | Porgo wakes and faces Brad with his sword. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Tom Hickey (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Hickey |
| Notes | black and white; last appearance |
| Characters | Jack Woods; Joe; Tom |
| Synopsis | Back home in Texas, Jack finds crooked oil men trying to steal the ranchers' water. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Will Ely |
| Pencils | Will Ely (signed) |
| Inks | Will Ely (signed) |
| Notes | Writer & artist credits from Nigel Cantwell (February 22, 2004). Pencil & inks credit originally went to: W. C. Brigham. two pages in red, two in black and white |
| Characters | Biff Brody; Pop Beaner; Tony The Runt; Farmer Kettlesoup; Brainie |
| Synopsis | Biff captures a criminal by having an auto accident. |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel ? |
| Inks | Creig Flessel ? |
| Notes | Only appearance. |
| Genre | humor; gags |
| Pencils | Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Asch] |
| Inks | Stan Aschmeier [as Stan Asch] |
| Notes | Artist credits from Nigel Cantwell (February 22, 2004). |
| Characters | Red Logan (intro); Trigger; Butch |
| Synopsis | A speaker is murdered at the Cosmopolitan Museum and Red tracks the killers, only to be captured and thrown off a bridge. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Ed Winiarksi [as WIN] |
| Inks | Ed Winiarksi [as WIN] |
| Notes | Artist credits from Nigel Cantwell (February 22, 2004) & Jerry Bails. |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Pencils | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Inks | Russell Cole [as Alger] |
| Script | Walter Wellman (signed) |
| Pencils | Walter Wellman (signed) |
| Inks | Walter Wellman (signed) |
| Notes | inside back cover |