Dates
- Cover date
- May 1940
- On sale
- March 22, 1940
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Carnahan's Heir · 13 pages
A dying millionaire requests the aid of the Man of Tomorrow to help straighten out his worthless son, who is a gambler, spendthrift, and a weak-kneed sop.
- Spring Training · 6 pages
In Florida, Pep has been invited to try out for a major league baseball team.
- Escape from the Island · 4 pages
Held captive aboard a pirate ship, Jon escapes to an island while Captain Ruff is burying his gold. Stranded there, he explores the island and finds a great horde of treasure. When Ruff returns, Jon swims out to his ship, and threatens to blow it sky high.
- The Stolen Gold · 6 pages
The Three Aces have flown back from an adventure in Mexico and landed in Arizona. They are arrested as gold robbers, but Gunner escapes and flies to a ranch where the gold has been taken.
- No. 2 - Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain · 1 pages
- The Invisible Steam · 10 pages
Tex gets a call from Dick Dangello, editor of the Daily Press. Three of his reporters have vanished on the Isle of Akra, off the coast of Africa, while investigating a scientist who claims to have discovered an invisibility device. Tex offers to sail to Akra, where he meets up with the scientist, who orders them off the island. He picks up a gun and fires a cloud of gas at Gargantua, whose whole middle section becomes invisible. While being held captive they encounter the invisible Inspector Burke, who had been sent to investigate the murders of the three reporters.
- Eleven Minutes · 1.33 pages
- Revolution in Verdania, Part 2 · 6 pages
Clip has been fighting against revolutionary forces in the Latin-American state of Verdania. Diaz tells Clip that the president has been captured by the revolutionists, and Clip vows to set him free. They fly to Punta del Sol, where they are captured and reunited with President Valdez. The trio make good their escape, and Clip declares that he will capture the Revolutionary General.
- Easter Island Issue; New Colors · 0.25 pages
- The Magician Murder · 11 pages
Zatara exposes a trio of black magic practitioners, by turning their mind projections back on themselves.
Characters
Reprinted in
Superman: The Action Comics Archives (1997), The Superman Chronicles (2006), Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2013), Superman: The Golden Age (2016), DC Finest: Superman: The First Superhero (2024)