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Action Comics 32

ACTION COMICS #32

Cover Date: January 1941
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-11-22

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Joe Shuster
Inks: Leo Nowak


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJack Burnley
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane
Kent's Editor

Villain(s):

Preston (first appearance; runs gambling rings)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Action Comics Archives #2 (1998)
The Superman Chronicles #5 (2008)
Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2 (2016)
Superman: The Golden Age #3 (2017)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Pep Morgan

Supporting Character(s):

Slim Pickins

Villain(s):

Escaped convicts

Other Character(s):

Uncle George (first appearance)

Location(s):

Midtown College

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the winter.


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Third Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSheldon Moldoff
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Villain(s):

Captain Treble and his crew (taken over by Black Pirate)

Other Character(s):

Queen of the Seas (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story continues from the previous issue and into next issue.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtChad Grothkopf
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Three Aces
Fog Fortune
Whistler Will
Gunner Bill

Villain(s):

Kidnappers

Location(s):

Calcutta, India
Lhasa, Tibet


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Assistant editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tex Thompson

Supporting Character(s):

Bob Daley

Villain(s):

Jasper Weston and his gang (first appearance for all; crooked ranchers)

Location(s):

American Southwest


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJoseph Sulman
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Zatara the Magician

Supporting Character(s):

Tong (between issue #28/6 and #36/6)

Villain(s):

K-9 (first appearance; a criminal mastermind)

Location(s):

St. Louis, MO


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