WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Bonnie (Queen of the Seas, companion of Black Pirate) — first appearance, named Bonnie in #35
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1941
- On sale
- November 22, 1940
- Pages
- 68
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #32 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
Creators
pencils: Joe Shuster, Jack Burnley, Fred Ray, Bob Kane, George Papp, Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff, Chad Grothkopf, Bernard Baily, Fred Schwab, Joe Sulman, E. E. Hibbard, Fred Harmaninks: Leo Nowak, Jack Burnley, Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson, George Papp, Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff, Chad Grothkopf, Bernard Baily, Fred Schwab, Joe Sulman, E. E. Hibbard, Fred Harmanscript: Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Gardner Fox, Ken Fitch, Ted Udall, Fred Schwabletters: Fred Schwab
Stories
- The Gambling Racket in Metropolis · 13 pages
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.
- The Escaped Convicts · 6 pages
- Single Combat · 4 pages
- The Dali Lama · 6 pages
- The Ranch's Minerals · 8 pages
- Man of the Law · 1.33 pages
- The Treacherous Foreman · 6 pages
- The Antigravity Machine · 9 pages
Publisher’s description
Superman investigates the mysterious Preston Club, after a suicide jumper he saves tells him he had lost his entire life’s savings there!
Characters
Clark KentSupermanLois LaneGeorge TaylorZataraTex ThomsonThe Black PirateJon ValorPep MorganBob DaleyTongClip CarsonFog FortuneGunner BillWhistler WillBonnie
Reprinted in
Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016)