Issue Contents:
Storyline
Superman pulls the foot-thick metal door from the bank vault, and frees a bound and gagged man inside.
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Shuster
- Inks: Joe Shuster
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superman and the Screen Siren (1)
"With an ominous creaking and snapping..."
Storyline
After Clark Kent saves Dolores Winters from harm, he is granted a special interview. When that interview is cancelled and she kidnaps a boatload of wealthy citizens, Superman intervenes and discovers that Ultra has had his mind transplanted into her body.
Characters
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Paul Cassidy
- Inks: Paul Cassidy
Story Notes
Pencils previously credited to Joe Shuster, but this is clearly a Cassidy solo effort (check, for example, the typical Superman pose in the first panel). He claimed that both he and Wayne Boring were allowed to interpret scripts with no editorial interference.
Featuring Adventure Comics; Detective Comics; The Sandman; The Batman
"The Sandman appears each and every month in Adventure Comics!"
Story Notes
Last panel of Superman story.
"New York strongman Eddie Polo..."
Characters
- Eddie Polo
Credits
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
At the Air Show (1)
"Look at that fellow - he's flying pretty low..."
Storyline
While home on vacation Pep is playing for his home town baseball team, when a plane makes an emergency landing on the field. Pep drags the pilot out and the fire is extinguished. The pilot, Dee, invites Pep to go to the Air Races as his mechanic. Mobsters try to sabotage the display, but Pep saves the day.
Characters
- Pep Morgan
- Jimmy Dee, the Racing Pilot
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Akira Tanaka
- Inks: Akira Tanaka
Story Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
Murder in Rattlesnake Canyon (1)
"For two days Chuck has followed the dangerous trail..."
Storyline
Chuck finds Ned Squires dry-gulched on the trail. Two men appear and try to take him in for the crime, but Chuck disarms them and runs.
Characters
- Chuck Dawson
- Ned Squires
Credits
- Pencils: Fraisic Marot
- Inks: Fraisic Marot
The Ivory Safari, Part 2 (1)
"Making friends with those cannibals..."
Storyline
Clip is leading a party of natives carrying an ivory shipment to the coast. Along the way there are various attempts on his life. Eventually they reach the area where "Wolf" Lupo has hijacked previous ivory shipments. As Clip is about to be killed by Lupo's men he asks to play a tune on his harmonica one last time. The tribe of cannibals which he previously gave a bunch of harmonicas to are nearby, hear the music, and save him. Clip chases after Lupo and kills him.
Characters
- Clip Carson
- "Wolf" Lupo (villain)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Inks: Bob Kane
Here It Is!! The Greatest Contest in Comic Book History
The Zombies [Part 2]
"Having been inoculated with the dread chemical..."
Storyline
Tex, Bob and Gargantua have been injected with the chemical which saps men's will and makes them appear to be zombies. But they have previously been given an antidote and all swallow the salt which they had in their mouths to counteract the effects. The antidote is given to the other "zombies" and they begin to feel and act more normal. After Tex knocks out the native chief the tribe tie him to a stake over a roasting pit. But the now restored "zombies" advance en masse and free him.
Characters
- Bob Daley
- Gargantua T. Potts
- Tex Thomson
- Bart Barryless
Credits
- Script: Ken Fitch (uncertain)
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
Five Star Trap
Characters
- John ny Downs
- Doc Brown
Credits
- Script: Frank Thomas
Story Notes
Split over two pages, much of them taken up with ads and the Statement of Ownership. About one page of story text in total.
Story Notes
At the bottom of the first page of the text story.
Story Notes
A few small ads in the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.
Big Prizes and Cash Profits for Boys
Story Notes
At the bottom of the second page of the text story.
Aerial Survey (1)
"In Alaska, the Three Aces are making a preliminary survey..."
Characters
- Fog Fortune
- Gunner Bill
- Whistler Will
- Tony McCrea (heroine)
Credits
- Pencils: Dheeraj Dkboss Kumar
- Inks: Dheeraj Dkboss Kumar
Algeria Commemorates Fair; Russian Set; Battle Commemorated; Girl Scouts' Issue (1)
"Although model trains were first made in France..."
Credits
- Script: George Papp
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
Story Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich. Four unrelated fact panels.
The Moon Men
"During the summer of 1939 a great mist appeared and grew on..."
Characters
- Zatara
- the Prime Minister of England
- Nala of the Moon Race
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Fred Guardineer
- Inks: Fred Guardineer
He's Back with Us Again!! Superman
Storyline
Promo ad for Superman #3.
Characters
- Superman
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.