Issue Contents:
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Enemy Invasion (1)
Storyline
The Volunteers for Peace try to stir up anti-rearmament talk among their members, hoping they will help sabotage strategic centers in the U.S. thereby paving the way for an invasion by a "Nation X". But Superman intervenes, stopping that invasion and saving Lois' life in the process!
Characters
- Clark Kent
- Lois Lane
- Superman
- Ted Allen (villain)
- Stuart Pemberton (villain)
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Pencils: Joe Shuster
- Inks: Wayne Boring
Money for You!
Story Notes
A contest, offering $1000 in cash prizes, and another $1000 in other prizes, open only to Supermen of America members, will be announced in the May 1941 issue of Action Comics, on sale March 21st. A coupon is provided for readers to join the club if they don't already belong so that they can enter the contest.
The Fur Thieves (1)
Fish Without Eyes (1)
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
"For thrills and adventure..."
Story Notes
Promotional house advertisement for [gcd_link_series](140).
Return to Spain (1)
"Schoolboy, eh?"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Win This Car!
Story Notes
A contest for winning a child-size gasoline engine powered racer from the Boys & Girls Club of Topeka, Kansas.
Featuring Cartoon Candid Camera
"Daddy - If I bring the fellows in..."
Credits
- Script: Ray McGill
- Pencils: Ray McGill
- Inks: Ray McGill
- Letters: Ray McGill
Characters
Story Notes
An advertisement for **[gcd_link_series](205)**'s ***[gcd_link_feature](33233)*** feature.
The Mountain of Gold (1)
Characters
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Chad Grothkopf
- Inks: Chad Grothkopf
The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
Story Notes
Promotional house advertisement for [gcd_link_series](97), [gcd_link_series](98), [gcd_link_series](112), [gcd_link_series](87), [gcd_link_series](142), and [gcd_link_series](74).
Blackmail (1)
Characters
Credits
- Script: Ken Fitch
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
Tale of a Mule
Credits
- Script: John Hilton
- Pencils: Cliff Young
- Inks: Cliff Young
Superman Is on the Radio
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Shuster (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Shuster (uncertain)
Story Notes
The advertisement promotes 17 stations in the United States and 27 in Canada airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. This advertisement is similar to the one that ran originally in [gcd_link_issue_with_date](1395) but with additional U.S. stations and a return of the regular "Superman holding microphone" artwork.
"Salesmen are often called 'drummers'..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
Promotional house advertisement for [gcd_link_series](98).
The Central American General (1)
"I got so many girls, I gotta put on more weight..."
Credits
- Script: Ray McGill
- Pencils: Ray McGill
- Inks: Ray McGill
Story Notes
All ads.
The Dude Ranch Kidnappers (1)
Characters
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Norman Boyd
- Inks: Norman Boyd
"The white of the egg..."
Private!
Loads of Energy
Story Notes
Back cover.