• Genre:superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Crash! - - - and a roof falls into a cellar!
• Keywords:Army; clergyman; demolition; disguise; lovers' quarrel; mistletoe; wedding

Synopsis:

Superman becomes involved in a government project concerning the tearing down of older homes so that an new Officer's Training School could be built on that spot. Unfortunately, the criminal element, which has millions of dollars worth of stolen goods within the walls of one of those homes, is NOT in favor of such a project.

Reprints (2)

• in Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 ([July] 2005)
• in Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) #4 ([July] 2017)

In one panel, front pages of both the Daily Planet and Daily Star are shown. Script and pencils credits from Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947).

• Genre:humor; military

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tonsorial Artiste
• Keywords:Army; barber shop; shave

Synopsis:

Pvt. Pete has to substitute at the barber shop and his first client is the Colonel, who wants a shave.

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

• Genre:adventure; superhero; western-frontier

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:When that professor of plunder...
• Keywords:blackjack; burglary; disguise; drums; flashlight; guitar; piano; record player; violin

Synopsis:

The Fiddler's gang breaks out of jail and takes over the Parnassus School of Music as a hideout. The Fiddler uses his contacts with wealthy clients to plan burglaries. He makes the mistake of targeting the Bullion Mansion, where Greg Sanders (The Vigilante) is appearing as part of the entertainment.

Fiddler appearance added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

• Genre:humor; crime; detective-mystery

• Keywords:astrology; disguise; fortune-telling; kidnapping; machine gun; ransom

Synopsis:

Three multi-millionaires are kidnapped within 72 hours and held for ransom. McFooey finds that the latest victim was a fanatical student of fortune-telling. He disguises himself as a wealthy man and goes to see the Swami, where he gets hit on the head and joins the other three kidnapped men as a prisoner.

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich.

• Genre:adventure; drama; jungle

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sea gold...buried in the treasure vaults of a sunken hulk...
• Keywords:anchor; Clyde (ship); deep-sea diving; freighters; giant ray; gold; hurricane; knife; radio; salvage

Synopsis:

A gulf hurricane blows Congo Bill's skiff miles off-course and he crosses the path of a steamer that greets him with a rifle shot. When night falls, Bill sneaks aboard the ship and finds it is illegally salvaging sunken treasure. He is caught by the crew and forced to do salvage diving for gold bullion.

• Genre:humor

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:The papers are full of stories about spies...
• Keywords:Junior G-Men; newspapers; spies

Synopsis:

Clancy mistakes a Junior G-Men Club for a gang of spies.

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

• Genre:superhero; war

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:A dying man's words leap across thousands of miles of water...
• Keywords:China; Chinese junk; code; Japanese; Pacific island; parrot; radio; rickshaw; Shanghai; World War II

Synopsis:

A Chinese junk washes up on a Pacific island controlled by American soldiers. Aboard the junk is a dying, delirious man who says Shanghai Rose knows the plans for an attack planned by the Japanese fleet. A coded message is sent to Americommando to find Shanghai Rose. A midnight visit to the Japanese admiral in Shanghai leads to a surprising discovery that Shanghai Rose is a talking parrot.

Writer id by Jerry Bails. Baily signs in the final panel.

• Genre:war

• Keywords:Christmas; commandos; France; knife; Nazis; Poland; radio station; revenge; World War II

Synopsis:

A Polish commando squad goes on a raid from England to France on Christmas Eve to take out a radio station and gain revenge against the Nazis for the invasion of Poland.

Blue surprints as background art on each page. Editorial Advisory Board is listed at the top of the second page.
Superman's Secret Message (Code Jupiter No. 4): MARZIWX MR EXLI JVXYVI SJ CSYVWIPJ, CSYV GSYRXVC. TYC EAEV FSRH.

• Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:The gay southern city of Orlean...
• Keywords:arrows; bank robbery; bows; charity; costumes; Indians; magic; Mardi Gras; New Orleans; parade; wall safe

Synopsis:

A gang disguises themselves as Roman soldiers to take advantage of the distraction of a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans and rob a bank. Zatara is able to recover the stolen loot, but is obstructed by the hero-worshiping parade watchers and the robbers get away. The gang decides to target a charity affair the next day, but Zatara happens to be one of the entertainers there.