Action Comics Vol 1 55

Action Comics Vol 1 #55 December, 1942 Cover Artists Jack Burnley "A Goof Named Tiny Rufe" Writers Jerry Siegel Pencilers John Sikela Inkers Ed Dobrotka Editors Whitney Ellsworth "Bullets for Breakfast" Pencilers Mort Meskin Inkers George Roussos "Aces of Fire" Pencilers Louis Cazeneuve "Escape from the Scaffold" Writers Joseph Greene Pencilers Bernard Baily Inkers Bernard Baily "A Modern Robinson Crusoe" Writers Joseph Samachson Pencilers Edwin J. Smalle, Jr. Inkers Edwin J. Smalle, Jr. "Crimes by Coincidence" Writers Gardner Fox Pencilers Joseph Sulman Inkers Joseph Sulman Previous Issue Next Issue Action Comics #54 Action Comics #56

Appearing in "A Goof Named Tiny Rufe"

Featured Characters:

•  Superman 

Supporting Characters:

• Lois Lane
• Perry White

Adversaries:

• Al Hatt

Other Characters:

• Tiny Rufe
• Maisie Day
• Fatima
• Ramona Romance
• Hemhaw Blook
• Whitney Ellsworth (Cameo)
• Murray Boltinoff (Cameo)
• Mort Weisinger (Cameo)

Locations:

• Metropolis
  • Daily Planet

Items:

Vehicles:

• 
  
  

Synopsis for "A Goof Named Tiny Rufe"

Cartoonist Al Hatt retreats to his mountain cabin to dream up comic strip ideas. During his stay, he observes a young hillbilly couple, Tiny Rufe and Maisy Day. Hatt designs his new strip based on Tiny and it becomes a hit. However Tiny and Maisy decide to get married, which would ruin Hatt’s strip, so the cartoonist decides to break them up.

Superman has been observing Hatt and witnesses him using underhanded tricks to break up Tiny and Maisy. Superman thwarts several of the cartoonist’s efforts and the couple marries successfully. Hatt’s strip fails after the marriage, so he creates a new strip featuring Superman.

Appearing in "Bullets for Breakfast"

Featured Characters:

• Vigilante I

Supporting Characters:

• Stuff, the Chinatown Kid

Villains

• Rant Crollax

Other Characters

• June Roslyn
  
  

Synopsis for "Bullets for Breakfast"

June Roslyn’s restaurant is threatened by racketeer and competing restaurant owner Rant Crollax. Roslyn is a friend of Greg Sanders and as the Vigilante, Sanders confronts Crollax. Using his influence, Vigilante is able to get customers to return to Roslyn’s restaurant, so Crollax tries to blow up her building. Vigilante diverts the bomb, and with the assistance of Stuff, he rounds up Crollax and his men.

Appearing in "Aces of Fire"

Featured Characters:

• 3 Aces

Supporting Characters:

• 
  
  

Synopsis for "Aces of Fire"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Escape from the Scaffold"

Featured Characters:

• Americommando

Supporting Characters:

• Gunther

Adversaries:

• Nazis

Other Characters:

• Ada

Locations:

• Berlin, Germany
  
  

Synopsis for "Escape from the Scaffold"

Americommando begins a secret mission to Berlin. He meets with the underground resistance leaders and disguises himself as Gestapo Captain Otto Riker. The resistance leader Gunther is captured by the Gestapo and Americommando is forced to maintain his cover and allow Gunther to be sentenced to death. However, he interrupts the execution as Americommando and rescues Gunther, returning him to the underground.

Appearing in "A Modern Robinson Crusoe"

Featured Characters:

• Congo Bill

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Six Fingers Corcoran

Other Characters:

• Matt Dunham
  
  

Synopsis for "A Modern Robinson Crusoe"

To escape society, recluse Matt Dunham has moved to a deserted island and built a home for himself. However, gangster Six Fingers Corcoran finds the island and uses it for a hide-out, making a slave out of Dunham. Congo Bill searches the island for spies and finds the crooks. Using his jungle knowledge, Bill rescues Dunham and captures Corcoran and his gang.

Appearing in "Crimes by Coincidence"

Featured Characters:

•  Zatara 

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Al Torponi

Other Characters:

Locations:

• 
  
  

Synopsis for "Crimes by Coincidence"

Racket boss Al Torponi orders his men to set up a series of murders to look like accidents. When Zatara saves one of the victims, he learns that the accidents are deliberate. He saves several other victims and traces the perpetrators back to Torponi. With the help of a magically created brick man, Zatara defeats Torponi and his gang.

Notes

• A Goof Named Tiny Rufe is reprinted in 'Action Comics Archives, Volume 4.
  

Trivia

• "A Good Named Tiny Rufe" is a spoof of the famed L'il Abner comic strip by Al Capp.

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Links and References

• "A Good Named Tiny Rufe" plot summary at dcindexes.com
• "Bullets for Breakfast" plot summary at dcindexes.com
• "Escape from the Scaffold" plot summary at dcindexes.com
• "A Modern Robinson Crusoe" plot summary at dcindexes.com
• "Crimes by Coincidence" plot summary at dcindexes.com

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