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Synopsis
A clever gangster kills the wife of the prosecuting attorney, leaving evidence behind that her husband actually did it, all so that the prosecutor wouldn't be in a position to prosecute the felon and his mobster friends.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 10 in house ad in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #29.
The two printings are distinguishable by their inside front cover pages — the alignment of the indicia relative to the ad above it is different between the two, though it is unknown which alignment corresponds to which printing.
Reprinted in
- Action Comics #29
- Detective Comics #44
- Action Comics #30
- Detective Comics #45
- Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]
- The Superman Archives #2— back cover; 1/4 page
- The Superman Chronicles #4
- DC Archiv Edition #7
- Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
- Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 #[nn]
- Superman: The Golden Age #2
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel, George Papp, G. B. Armbruster, Fred Schwab
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, George Papp, Fred Ray, Fred Schwab, Fred Harman
- Inks
- Wayne Boring, Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy, George Papp, Fred Ray, Fred Schwab, Fred Harman
- Letters
- Fred Schwab
- Spot illustration
- Paul Cassidy, Joe Shuster
- Spot illustrations
- Gloria Kamen
- Uncredited
- Whitney Ellsworth, Murray Boltinoff
Characters
- Superman
- Clark Kent
- Perry White
- Lois Lane
- The Black Pirate
- Gunner Bill
- Whistler Will
- Clip Carson
- Jon Valor
- Zatara
- Fog Fortune
- Tex Thomson
- The Yellow Mask
- Shorty
- Jim Corrigan
- The Flash
- Jay Garrick
- Green Lantern
- The Sandman
- Bruce Wayne
- Dick Grayson
- Wesley Dodds
- Alan Scott
- Batman
- Robin
- The Spectre
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