Cover: Joe Shuster & Leo Nowak

Action Comics #32

Jan 1941 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~55,400 copies sold its debut month

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“The Gambling Racket in Metropolis”

In "The Gambling Racket in Metropolis," Clark Kent digs into a city-wide scandal where illegal gambling thrives despite the law—setting the stage for Superman to step in with a little help from his trusty krypto-ray gun. Written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster, this 1941 classic features the dynamic duo behind Superman’s creation, with cover art by Joe Shuster and Leo Nowak.

writer Jerry Siegel · artist, inker Joe Shuster · cover Joe Shuster, Leo Nowak

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Cast · 15 characters

Bob Daley Clip Carson Fog Fortune George Taylor Gunner Bill Jon Valor Lois Lane Pep Morgan Queen of the Seas Superman Tex Thomson The Black Pirate Tong Whistler Will Zatara

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writer Jerry Siegel

artist, inker Joe Shuster

cover pencils Joe Shuster

cover inks Leo Nowak

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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.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).