Action Comics #47
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1942
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/2093
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor, uncredited)
Mort Weisinger (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue contents
Cover
Powerstone
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor (1st cover appearance)
Credits
- Art
- Fred Ray
1Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Good Books Worth Reading
Credits
- Author
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Luthor; Perry White; Lois Lane; Brett Calhoun
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- John Sikela [as Joe Shuster]
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #13 ([October 1975?]) — Powerstone
- This version
- Superman 252, June 1972
Synopsis
Luthor gains super strength in order to battle Superman in hand-to-hand combat after Brett Calhoun announces that he is going to give away half of his fortune ($3 million) to any man who can prove he is the richest man in Metropolis.
Notes
Story continued in part in Superman #17.
4Credits
- Letters
- typeset
5"Gosh! I'm so strong sometimes I scare myself!"
Featuring
- Feature
- "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
- Genre
- Sports
6Featuring
- Feature
- Vigilante
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Scorpion (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Art
- Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton]
7"Hello, Bill. What's cooking?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Busy Bill the Bill Collector
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Busy Bill
Credits
- Art
- George Storm
8Featuring
- Feature
- 3 Aces
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Louis Cazeneuve
Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
9"How's the hash today, Ben-Ali?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Gags
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
Notes
3 gags. Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
11Featuring
- Feature
- Mr. America and Fatman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]; The Queen Bee (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Ken Fitch
- Art
- Bernard Baily
Notes
Writer credit per Jerry Bails.
12"Hmm - What a headache!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Chief Hot Foot
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
13Featuring
- Feature
- World's Finest Comics
14Featuring
- Genre
- Crime
Credits
- Author
- Norman Goss (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
15Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Several small ads.
16Featuring
- Feature
- The Adventures of Superman
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
17"A trading steamer churns slowly through the low waters of an African river."
Featuring
- Feature
- Congo Bill
- Genre
- Jungle
- Characters
- Congo Bill; the Red Khan (villain); Janet Logan; Major Fortney; Bula
Credits
- Art
- Fred Ray [as F Ray]
Synopsis
Bill captures the leader of a band of raiders.
Notes
Possible Fred Ray script credit removed by Craig Delich.
18"Business hasn't been so good lately..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Chief Hot Foot
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Zatara
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Zatara; Nargo (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Joseph Sulman
20Notes
Inside back cover.
21Featuring
- Feature
- Baby Ruth
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.