Action Comics , #27

Published: August 1940

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Story Featuring Superman

Credits
Story Notes

1st Lois Lane cover

Brentwood Home for Wayward Youth

Story Featuring Superman

"Heartless criminals exploit the helpless and unfortunate!"

Storyline

Clark arrives for a date with Lois, who is making a donation to the Brentwood Rehabilitation Home. Clark tells her that the place is more interested in money than their young charges. Lois decides they should visit the home so that she can disprove Clark. After a pleasant visit, Lois and Clark are stopped by a charge, Davey Merrill, who cut his hands climbing the wall just to ask for something to eat. Once they feed him, he tells them all about the horrible conditions at the home.

The Track Meet Fix

Story Featuring Pep Morgan

Storyline

At Maddon Circle Garden, Pep prepares for the Annual Foxx Quarter-Mile Race for Ardale College. In the locker room, Pep overhears gamblers bribing a runner. In the race, he is beat by Cole from State. Later, Pep and Bill find spike marks on the track. He decides to wait for the outdoor quarter to best Cole when spikes are allowed, but the gambler's plan was to get all bets on Cole so Pep could win the outdoor. When Cole is hurt in a train wreck, the gamblers have to deal with Pep.

Characters
Other
Credits
Fight to the Finish

Story Featuring The Black Pirate

Storyline

Hearing Jeanne scream, Jon Valor rushes to protect her from a bearded giant, Captain Ruff's brother. Once safe, they head for Savannah and passage on Captain Tavish's ship. They retrieve Ruff's treasure and head to Bristol and buys the Sea-Queen. The dealer visits a friend, Captain Andago, who tells him that the money he received was the lost jewels of Queen Maria, and the man who bought the ship is a pirate with a price on his head.

Story Notes

Story title given in previous issue.

No Greater Courage
Credits
The Blue Raider
Storyline

Enjoying a rest in Arizona, the Three Aces read a report about a mysterious blue plane that has been attacking Federal Airline Union transcontinental planes. Gunner finds a stranded commercial liner, and the Aces decide to track down the Blue Raider.

Story Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

The Return of the Gorrah!!

Story Featuring Tex Thomson

Storyline

Bomber Brennen is killed in a boxing match with Tiger Dixon that Tex, Bob, the D.A., and the D.A.'s daughter, Janice, were attending. Bob discovers a sponge loaded with nepthogas in the locker rooms. Dixon's manager, Reb Norton, notes that Joey Gonomi had tried to make him throw the fight, but after the lights go out and some shots are fired, Reb disappears. Tex receives a package from a florist, and he and Bob investigate, aided by Miss X. They end up captured by the Gorrah and his new creations, the Rat-Men.

Story Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Shoes, Hardware, Meats
Credits
Story Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

Hollywood Advisor
Storyline

On a plane to Hollywood, where Clip will act as technical advisor on an adventure film, he runs into Buzz Bailey. Buzz is greeted by a shady producer, Snyder, but ignores him. Clip sets out to location with Archie Norton, the star of the film, and Archie's wife, Jean, but the couple fights incessantly. On the first day of shooting, Archie is shot dead, and Clip determines to find the killer.

Characters
Other
Busy Signal
Credits
The Vanished Explorer

Story Featuring Zatara

Storyline

On the trail of the "missing link," Raoul D'Armand was lost in the jungles of Africa. Hearing of the news, Zatara sets out with Tong to find him.

Story Notes

Back cover.

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Superman Is on the Radio!

"Sponsored by the makers of Force over the following stations:"

Storyline

The ad promotes 14 stations in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. airing the Superman radio show, along with times and days, sponsored by Force cereal. Text at the bottom encourages readers to write their local stations and ask for the show, sponsored by Force cereal.

Characters
Other
Credits
Story Notes

Below the Mutt and Jeff promo. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #26 but with schedule changes of some stations and reformatted text.

Story Notes

Above the Superman radio show ad.

Story Notes

All ads.

Here Comes Superman Again!
Supermen of America

"For thrills and adventure..."

Story Notes

Inside front cover.