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38July 1941
$0.10

Action Comics #38

DC · July 1941 · on sale 1941-05-23

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
July 1941
Key date
1941-07-00
On-sale date
1941-05-23
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RaySuperman [Clark Kent]
2Radio Controlcomic story12script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Leo Nowak; inks: Ed DobrotkaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Sgt. Casey; Perry White; Harold Morton (villain)
4Money for You!promo (ad from the publisher)2letters: typeset
5Slim is Kidnappedcomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappPep Morgan; Slim Pickens; Mr. Pickens (Slim's uncle)
6Funniescartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
7Here It Is - Boys and Girls All-Flash Quarterly No. 1!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
8Don De Avilacomic story4pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon MoldoffThe Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Bonnie
9Flames from the Sea!cartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappRastus
11The Treacherous Ministers of Atlantis!comic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad GrothkopfThree Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
13The Gorrah Strikes at Librariescomic story8script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyMr. America [Tex Thomson]; the Gorrah (Villain); Bob Daley
15Rock-Boundtext story1.17script: Alex Shane; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeSlugs Sears
17Jungle Funcartoon0.5pencils: Bill Carney; inks: Bill Carney
18For You!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
19The Mines of Ophir!comic story6script: Fred Ray; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RayCongo Bill; Joe Kent; Holberg; Alex Holberg; Gando
20-cartoon0.33
23-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
24Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5Superman
25The Rolling Fireball Menacecomic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph SulmanZatara; Jonathan Klegg; Karl
26At the Top of the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: The Action Comics Archives #3
ISBN 1-56389-710-5		2001On eBay ›
The Superman Chronicles #6
ISBN 978-1-4012-2187-4		2009On eBay ›
Comics the Golden Age: The History of DC Comics #[nn]1985On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1
ISBN 1-55859-595-3		1993On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-6324-9		2016On eBay ›
Superman: The Golden Age #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-7089-6		2017On eBay ›

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