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Action Comics , #32 With Canadian Price

Published: January 1941

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Issue Contents:

Story Featuring Superman

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Other
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Story Notes

Inks credit changed from Wayne Boring by Bob Hughes.

The Gambling Racket in Metropolis

Story Featuring Superman

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Clark Kent is bound and determined to find out why gambling is allowed in the city of Metropolis when city ordinance doesn't allow it. But it's Superman's use of the krypto-ray gun that cinches the case against the perpetrator.

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Superman uses krypto-ray gun for the first time. Made of kryptonite, this captured and projected pictures (gun was sold as a toy). Blue "S" on cape.

The Escaped Convicts

Story Featuring Pep Morgan

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Single Combat

Story Featuring The Black Pirate

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"What a beautiful head of skin!"

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The Dali Lama
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The Three Aces
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Story Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

Baby Sandy, Robert Taylor, Donald Duck, Ray Milland
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Story Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

The Ranch's Minerals

Story Featuring Tex Thomson

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Tex Thomson feature becomes Mr. America feature with the next issue.

Man of the Law
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The Treacherous Foreman
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Other
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Opened by Censor
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Story Notes

Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

The Antigravity Machine

Story Featuring Zatara

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Ad Featuring Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns

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Back cover.

Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Inside back cover.

Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3...
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All ads.

"Another good tale with an ending typical of O. Henry is 'The Rathskeller and the Rose.'"

Superman Licensed Products
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Article and three ads for Superman licensed products.

"Do this puzzle correctly..."

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Several small ads on both pages of the text story.

Here They Come Again!

Story Featuring Batman

For Superman Fans!
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Above the Superman radio show ad.

Ad Featuring Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog

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Inside front cover.

"Superman Radio Program is now heard over the following stations:"

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The ad promotes 15 stations in Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.

Story Notes

Below the Supermen of America column. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Superman #8 but with additional stations.